Zhou Hongzhuan

Zhou Hongzhuan 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.
She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a gold medal in the women's 800 m T53, a silver medal in the women's 400 m T53 and a bronze medal in the women's 200 m T53.
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom she won a silver medal in the women's 100 m T53, a bronze medal in the women's 200 m T53, a gold medal in the women's 400 m T53 and a gold medal in the 800 m T53.
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.