Zhang Guowei (high jumper)

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Zhang Guowei

Zhang Guowei at the 2015 World Championships
Personal information
Born	(1991-06-04) June 4, 1991 (age 24) Binzhou, China
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	High jump
Medal record[hide] World Championships 2015 Beijing High jump
Updated on 30 August 2015.

Zhang Guowei (Chinese: 张国伟; born June 4, 1991) is a Chinese high jumper. He holds the Chinese indoor record of 2.33 metres, and has jumped 2.38 metres outdoors. He was the silver medallist at the 2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. He has been a finalist at the World Championships in Athletics and the IAAF World Indoor Championships and represented China at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Contents

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• 1 Career
• 2 Competition record
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career[edit]

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 2010 Asian Junior Athletics Championships, finishing behind Mutaz Essa Barshim.^[1] He was runner-up to Huang Haiqiang at the Chinese Athletics Championships that year.^[2] He was undefeated on the Asian Athletics Grand Prix circuit in 2011 and placed eighth at the Asian Championships.^[3] 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.^[4] A jump of 2.28 m at the national championships gained him his first Chinese high jump title.^[5]
At the 2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships Zhang repeated his regional placing behind former junior rival Barshim and was the silver medallist.^[6] 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).^[7] He was selected to represent China at the 2012 London Olympics but did not progress to the final.^[8] He defended his national title in September by equalling his personal best mark.^[9]
Zhang overhauled Zhu's 26-year-old Chinese indoor record in March 2013, clearing 2.32 m to become the outright record holder.^[10] 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.^[11]

Competition record[edit]

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

References[edit]

1. Jump up ^ Asian Junior Championships 2010. WJAH. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
2. Jump up ^ 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.
3. Jump up ^ Xie Limei again the best as Asian Grand Prix concludes in Wujiang. IAAF (2011-05-30). Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
4. Jump up ^ Guowei Zhang. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.