Zhu Xiaolin is a female Chinese long-distance runner, who specialises in marathons.
Education
Zhu has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics, where she finished in the top five in the marathon in both 2007 and 2009. She finished as runner-up in the women"s 5000 metres behind Xing Huina, making a 36-second improvement to her personal best to secure the silver medal.
Career
She represented China at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was fourth in the women"s marathon. Her personal best over the distance is 2 hours and 23:57 minutes. In 2005 she was sixth at the Beijing Marathon and travelled to Nanjing to take part in the 10th Chinese National Games soon after.
Zhu finished fourth at the 2007 World Championships marathon.
In 2009 Zhu Xiaolin took part in the 2009 World Championships Marathon, resulting in a fifth place in 2:26:08 this time. She entered the 2010 Stramilano Half Marathon and took second place behind Jane Kiptoo but set a personal best time of 1:10:07.
She took part in the 2010 Rotterdam Marathon shortly afterwards and finished in third place in 2:29:42. 1500 metres - 4:12.73 minimum (2005) 5000 metres - 15:22.35 minimum (2005) 10,000 metres - 31:53.96 minimum (2010) Half marathon – 1:10:07 hrs (2010) Marathon - 2:23:57 hrs (2002).