Zhou Hongzhuan

Zhou Hongzhuan at the 2013 World Championships in Lyon
Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1988-12-12) 12 December 1988 (age 35) Hebei, China
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Athletics (track)
Disability	Limb deficiency
Disability class	T43
Club	Hebei Para-Athletics Team
Medal record Track and field (T53) Representing  China Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing 800m – T53 2012 London 400m – T53 2012 London 800m – T53 2016 Rio de Janeiro 800m – T53 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4 × 100 m – T53/54 2008 Beijing 400m – T53 2012 London 100m – T53 2020 Tokyo 100m – T53 2020 Tokyo 800m – T53 2008 Beijing 200m – T53 2012 London 200m – T53 2020 Tokyo 400m – T53 World Championships 2011 Christchurch 4 × 400 m relay — T53–54 2013 Lyon 400m relay — T53–54 2013 Lyon 800m relay — T53–54 2015 Doha 1,500m – T54 2015 Doha 4 × 400 m relay T53–54 2006 Assen 100m — T53 2011 Christchurch 800m — T53 2015 Doha 400m – T53 2015 Doha 800m T53 2015 Doha 5000m T53 2011 Christchurch 100m — T53 2011 Christchurch 200m — T53 2023 Paris 400m — T53

Zhou Hongzhuan (Chinese: 周洪转; pinyin: Zhōu Hóngzhuǎn; born December 12, 1988) is a Chinese Paralympic athlete competing mainly in category T53 sprint and mid-distance events.

Career

Zhou was born in Huangye in 1988 and she caught polio when she was three years old. She started to compete in wheelchair racing in 2004.^[1]

She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a gold medal in the women's 800 metres — T53 event,^[2] a silver medal in the women's 400 metres — T53 event and a bronze medal in the women's 200 metres — T53 event.

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom she won a silver medal in the women's 100 metres T53 event, a bronze medal in the women's 200 metres T53 event, a gold medal in the women's 4000 metres T53 event and a gold medal in the 800 metres T53 event.

In the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio she gained three more gold medals and a silver in T53 events. 2020 was meant to be her last Paralympics so she had to be patient when the Tokyo games were postponed by a year.^[1]