Zhang Guowei (high jumper)

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.
Zhang Guowei
Athletics
EventHigh jump
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Beijing High jump
Updated on 30 August 2015.

Zhang Guowei (

IAAF World Indoor Championships and represented China at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics
.

Career

Born in

Penglai, Zhang began to train in the high jump at the age of 15.[2]

His first season of international competition came in 2010 and with his best jump of the year (2.23 metres) he took the silver medal at the

Mutaz Essa Barshim.[3] He was runner-up to Huang Haiqiang at the Chinese Athletics Championships that year.[4] He was undefeated on the Asian Athletics Grand Prix circuit in 2011 and placed eighth at the Asian Championships.[5] He was selected for the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, where he cleared a personal best 2.31 m in the qualifying and went on to finish tenth in the final.[6] A jump of 2.28 m at the national championships gained him his first Chinese high jump title.[7]

At the 2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships Zhang repeated his regional placing behind former junior rival Barshim and was the silver medallist.[8] His good form continued at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships as he finished joint fourth with a Chinese record-equalling mark of 2.31 m (tying with former world record holder Zhu Jianhua).[9] He was selected to represent China at the 2012 London Olympics but did not progress to the final.[10] He defended his national title in September by equalling his personal best mark.[11]

Zhang overhauled Zhu's 26-year-old Chinese indoor record in March 2013, clearing 2.32 m to become the outright record holder.[12] Zhang narrowly failed to equal Zhu's national record of 2.39 m when he came second at 2.38 m behind Mutaz Essa Barshim (winner at 2.41 m) in the Eugene Oregon IAAF Diamond Meet on 30 May 2015.[13] The 2015 World Championships were held in Beijing, and there Zhang achieved his best World Championship result, second place with a jump of 2.33 m.[14] This was the first World Championship high jump medal China had won since Zhu Jianhua's medal in 1983.[2]

In 2016, he again represented China at the Olympics.[15]

Zhang announced his retirement via social media in April 2020.[16]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  China
2010 Asian Junior Championships Hanoi, Vietnam 2nd 2.23 m
2011 Asian Championships Kobe, Japan 8th 2.15 m
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 10th 2.25 m
2012 Asian Indoor Championships Hangzhou, China 2nd 2.28 m
World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 4th 2.31 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 21st (q) 2.21 m
2013 World Championships
Moscow, Russia
 9th 2.29 m
2014 Asian Indoor Championships Hangzhou, China 3rd 2.20 m
World Indoor Championships
Sopot, Poland
 7th 2.29 m
Asian Games
Incheon, South Korea
 2nd 2.33 m
2015 World Championships
Beijing, China
 2nd 2.33 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 6th 2.29 m
Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 25th (q) 2.22 m
2017 Asian Championships
Bhubaneswar, India
 2nd 2.28 m
World Championships
London, United Kingdom
 24th (q) 2.22 m

References

  1. ^ "Guowei ZHANG | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org.
  2. ^ a b Wu, Vincent (8 December 2014). "Zhang Guowei: Following the footstep of China's high jump legend Zhu Jianhua | FEATURE | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  3. ^ Asian Junior Championships 2010 Archived 2013-08-31 at the Wayback Machine. WJAH. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  4. ^ Jalava, Mirko (2010-08-09). National record for Yang Yansheng in men's Pole Vault - Chinese Champs & Asian Games Trials. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  5. ^ Xie Limei again the best as Asian Grand Prix concludes in Wujiang. IAAF (2011-05-30). Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  6. ^ Guowei Zhang Archived November 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  7. ^ Jalava, Mirko (2011-09-11). Women's throws, men's 100m national record highlight the Chinese championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  8. ^ Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2012-02-19). Barshim soars 2.37m Asian record in Hangzhou as Asian Indoor champs conclude. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  9. ^ Ramsak, Bob (2012-03-11). EVENT REPORT - Men's High Jump - Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  10. ^ Men's High Jump Qualification Archived 2012-12-08 at archive.today. London2012. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  11. ^ Jalava, Mirko (2012-09-26). Chinese championships close out domestic season well. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  12. ^ Jalava, Mirko (2013-03-07). Dong Bin leads the way as indoor records tumble in Nanjing. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  13. ^ "Diamond League Results" (PDF). diamondleague.com. May 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  14. ^ "Guowei ZHANG | Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  15. ^ "Zhang Guowei Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. 2020-01-14. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  16. ^ "China's twerking high jumper Zhang Guowei retires at 28". CNA. Retrieved 2020-04-13.

External links

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