Qin Dongya ( Chinese р 东亚 , pinyin : Qín Dōngyà , July 8, 1978 , Liaoyang ) is a middle-weight Chinese judoka who played for the national team of the People’s Republic of China in the late 1990s and mid-2000s. The bronze medalist of the Athens Summer Olympics, the champion of the Asian Games, the winner of the silver medal of the Asian Championship, the champion of the Summer Universiade in Beijing, the winner of many tournaments of national and international significance.
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Biography
Qin Dongya was born on July 8, 1978 in Liaoyang City District, Liaoning Province.
The first serious success at the adult international level was achieved in 1999, when she joined the main team of the Chinese national team and attended the home championship of Asia in Wenzhou, from where she brought the silver dignity prize won in the middle weight category - she was defeated by Korean Choi Yang in a decisive match Hee. In addition, this season she performed at the World Championships in Birmingham, England, where she took seventh place in her weight division.
Thanks to a series of successful performances, she was awarded the right to defend the country's honor at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney - however, in the first duel at the 1/16 final stage she lost to Tunisia's representative Nesria Traki and lost any chance to compete for medals. As a student, the next season she went to represent the country at the home Universiade in Beijing , confidently passed all her rivals here and climbed the top step of the podium.
In 2002, at the Asian Games in Busan, Qin again defeated the average weight of all her rivals and thereby won a gold medal. A year later, she fought at the world championship in Japanese Osaka and did not reach the prize positions a bit, eventually becoming fifth. Being among the leaders of the judoka team of the People's Republic of China, she successfully qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens - winning the first two matches, then lost to the German Annette Böhm in the 1/16 finals. In consolation fights for the third place, she prevailed over all three rivals and thus received a bronze award.
After the Athens Olympics, Qin remained in the main team of the Chinese national team and continued to take part in major international tournaments. So, in 2006, she represented the country at the Asian Games in Doha and received bronze in the middle weight category - in the semifinal stage she was not able to pass the Korean Peun Eun Hye . The last time showed any significant result at the 2007 World Team Championships in Paris, where the Chinese women took the first team place. Soon after the end of these competitions, she decided to end the career of a professional athlete, giving way to the young Chinese judokas in the national team.
Links
- Qin Dongya - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Qin Dongya - profile on judoinside.com