Wang Yu (high jumper)
Chinese high jumper
Wang Yu (Chinese: 王宇; born 18 August 1991 in Zhuhai) is a Chinese athlete specializing in the high jump. He won the bronze medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan.
He has personal bests of 2.33 metres outdoors (Beijing 2013) and 2.34 metres indoors (PSD Bank Meeting, Düsseldorf 2019, NR).
In 2019, his season best is 2.31 m in Nanjing (CHN), on 21 May 2019.
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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2011 | Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 4th | 2.24 m | |
2012 | Asian Indoor Championships | Hangzhou, China | 4th | 2.15 m | |
2013 | Universiade | Kazan, Russia | 3rd | 2.28 m | |
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 19th (q) | 2.22 m | ||
2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 10th (q) | 2.25 m | |
Asian Games | Incheon, South Korea | 4th | 2.25 m | ||
2015 | Asian Championships | Wuhan, China | 6th | 2.15 m | |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 18th (q) | 2.26 m | ||
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 32nd (q) | 2.22 m | |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 12th (q) | 2.29 m1 | |
2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 6th | 2.20 m | |
Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 1st | 2.30 m | ||
2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 10th | 2.24 m | |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 17th (q) | 2.21 m |
1Did not start in the final
References
- Wang Yu at World Athletics
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Asian Games champions in men's high jump
- 1951: Andres Franco (PHI)
- 1954: Ajit Singh Balla (IND)
- 1958: Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam (CEY)
- 1962: Kuniyoshi Sugioka (JPN)
- 1966: Bhim Singh (IND)
- 1970–1974: Teymour Ghiasi (IRI)
- 1978: Takao Sakamoto (JPN)
- 1982–1986: Zhu Jianhua (CHN)
- 1990: Zhou Zhongge (CHN)
- 1994: Takahisa Yoshida (JPN)
- 1998–2002: Lee Jin-taek (KOR)
- 2006: Jean-Claude Rabbath (LIB)
- 2010–2014: Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)
- 2018: Wang Yu (CHN)
- 2022: Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)
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