Nguyễn Thị Oanh

Not to be confused with Nguyễn Thị Oanh (sprinter), born 22 February 1996.

Nguyễn Thị Oanh is a Vietnamese athlete specialising in middle and long-distance events. She holds various national records, is the SEA Games record holder for the 3000 metres steeplechase, and has won 13 SEA Games medals and an Asian Games medal to date.

Nguyễn Thị Oanh

Nguyễn leading the pack in the 10,000 metres at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games
Personal information
Born	(1995-08-15) 15 August 1995 (age 29)[1] Lạng Giang, Bắc Giang, Vietnam[2]
Sport
Country	Vietnam
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	1500 metres, 3000 metres steeplechase, 5000 metres, 10,000 metres
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Vietnam Asian Games 2018 Indonesia 3000 m s'chase Asian Indoor Championships 2023 Astana 1500 m 2018 Tehran 1500 m 2018 Tehran 3000 m Southeast Asian Games 2017 Malaysia 1500 m 2017 Malaysia 5000 m 2019 Philippines 1500 m 2019 Philippines 3000 m s'chase 2019 Philippines 5000 m 2021 Vietnam 1500 m 2021 Vietnam 3000 m s'chase 2021 Vietnam 5000 m 2023 Cambodia 1500 m 2023 Cambodia 3000 m s'chase 2023 Cambodia 5000 m 2023 Cambodia 10,000 m 2013 Myanmar 3000 m s'chase

Running career

At the Southeast Asian level, Nguyễn's first medal was a silver in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2013 SEA Games in Myanmar.^[3] The following year, she won gold in the same event at the Asian Junior Athletics Championships, but due to illness, she had to take a break from running before resuming at the 2017 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur.^[3] There, she won a pair of gold medals in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres; she repeated this feat at the 2019 SEA Games in the Philippines, and also added a gold in the 3000 metres steeplechase.^[3] At the 2021 SEA Games in Hanoi, she defended all three titles,^[4] and did so again at the 2023 SEA Games in Phnom Penh, while also adding a gold in the 10,000 metres.^[5] Notably, in Phnom Penh, due to a last-minute change in the schedule, the 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase were held just 20 minutes apart.^[6] With her wins in the 2023 edition, Nguyễn became the first Vietnamese to win four individual gold medals in a single SEA Games.^[7]

At the Asian level, Nguyễn was a bronze medallist in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2018 Asian Games and 1500 metres and 3000 metres at the 2018 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships.^[1] At the 2023 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, she won gold in the 1500 metres and came in fifth in the 3000 metres.^[8] In the 2023 World Athletics Championships, she was ranked 13th in the 1500 metres.^[1]

Personal bests

• 1500 metres – 4:12.28, 19 August 2023^[1]
• 1500 metres indoor – 4:15.55, 11 February 2023 (national record)^[1]
• 3000 metres steeplechase – 9:43.83, 27 August 2018 (national and SEA Games record)^[1][9]
• 5000 metres – 15:53.48, 10 December 2021 (national record)^[1]
• 10,000 metres – 33:13.23, 17 December 2022 (national record)^[1]