Zhou Xia


Zhou Xia is a Chinese para-athlete who competes in sprint events. She won two gold medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, in the T35 100 m and 200 m races.

Career

Zhou competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, when she was 17 years old. She won the T35 100 m and set a Paralympics record for the event with a time of 13.66 s. She also won gold in the T35 200 m event with a world record time of 28.22 s.
Zhou competed in the IPC Athletics World Championships in London the following year. She won the silver medal in both the 100 m and 200 m events, behind Holt.