Yin Lili

Chinese middle-distance runner

Yin Lili (born 11 November 1979) is a female Chinese middle-distance runner.

On 18 October 1997 in Shanghai she ran the 1500 metres in 3:53.91 minutes. This ranks her sixth in the world of all time, behind Qu Yunxia, Jiang Bo, Lang Yinglai, Wang Junxia and Tatyana Kazankina.^[1]

At the 1998 World Junior Championships she won both the 3000 and the 5000 metres.

Yin never had a distinguished career after this, rarely competing internationally. In 2001, she received a two-year suspension for doping.^[2]

See also

List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

^ IAAF Top Lists - 1500 Metres women
^ "Chinese trio given doping bans". BBC. 24 July 2001. Retrieved 2007-09-09.

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World U20 Champions in women's 3000 metres

1986: Cleopatra Palacian (ROU)
1988: Ann Mwangi (KEN)
1990: Simona Staicu (ROU)
1992: Zhang Linli (CHN)
1994: Gabriela Szabo (ROU)
1996: Anita Weyermann (SUI)
1998: Yin Lili (CHN)
2000: Beatrice Jepchumba (KEN)
2002: Meseret Defar (ETH)
2004: Jebichi Yator (KEN)
2006: Veronica Nyaruai (KEN)
2008: Mercy Cherono (KEN)
2010: Mercy Cherono (KEN)
2012: Mercy Chebwogen (KEN)
2014: Mary Cain (USA)
2016: Beyenu Degefa (ETH)
2018: Nozomi Tanaka (JPN)
2021: Teresia Muthoni Gateri (KEN)
2022: Betty Chelangat (KEN)

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