Career
She is the Vietnamese record holder over both 800 metres and 1500 metres. She was a double silver medallist for Vietnam at the 2010 Asian Games. Her next major competition was the 2006 Asian Games and she was knocked out in the qualifying rounds of the 800 m, but took fourth in her 1500 m speciality, improving her national mark to 4:17.66 minutes in the process.
Further success came at the regional 2007 Southeast Asian Games, as she completed an 800/1500 m double with national record runs of 2:02.39 and 4:11.60 minutes.
She retained her titles at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games the following month, while her male compatriot Nguyen Dinh Cuong made it a middle-distance sweep for Vietnam. Similar improvements came in the 800 m, where her new national record mark of 2:00.91 minutes brought another silver medal.
She was one of only three athletics medallists for Vietnam at the 2010 Asian Games, the others being Vu Van Huyen and Vu Thi Huong. At age of 25, Truong Thanh Hang has 5 gold medals from Southern Economic Association, USA Games, with the addition of three golds from the Asian championships.
On that basis, the 2011 Southeast Asia Games was probably to serve only as a “cool down” to wrap up her busy season, before starting the build-up for the London Olympics.
Thanh Hang delivered two gold medals as expected in both 800m and 1500m, clocking 2:02.65 and 4:15.75 respectively. At the recent Asian championships she claimed the gold medal at 800m with 2:01.41, winning the silver in the 1500m (4:1840).