Shi Yuhao

Shi Yuhao
Full name	Shi Yuhao
nation	People's Republic of China
birthday	26th September 1998 (age 21)
place of birth	China
Career
discipline	Long jump
Best performance	8.43 m
status	active
Medal table
Indoor Asian Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Indoor Asian Championships gold Tehran 2018 Long jump
last change: January 20, 2020

Shi Yuhao (born September 26, 1998 ) is a Chinese athlete who specializes in the long jump . In 2018 he became indoor Asian champion .

Athletic career

Shi Yuhao has competed in long jump since 2014. At that time he jumped a season best of 7.39 m. A year later he qualified for the U18 World Championships in Cali, both in long and triple jump. He took sixth place in both disciplines. In May 2016, he jumped 8.02 m for the first time over the eight-meter mark and one month later set a new U20 Asian record at the Chinese U20 championships in Ordos with 8.30 m.

In 2017, when he was 19, he took part in an international adult championship for the first time at the world championships. After he passed the qualification, he jumped 8.26 m in the final, with which he took sixth place. In February 2018 he won the personal indoor best performance of 8.16 m at the Indoor Asian Championships in Tehran. A month later he also took part in the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. With 8.12 m he was fifth.

In May 2018 he set his personal best of 8.43 m at the Diamond League meeting in Shanghai, with which he finished second. However, he suffered a serious ankle injury during the competition, which is why he could not compete in the following season.

Major competitions

year	event	place	space	discipline	Expanse
Starts for People's Republic of China
2015	U18 world championships	Cali	6th	Long jump	7.63 m
			6th	Triple jump	15.41 m
2017	World championships	London	6th	Long jump	8.23 m
2018	Indoor Asian Championships	Tehran	1.	Long jump	8.16 m
	Indoor world championships	Birmingham	5.	Long jump	8.12 m

Personal best

open air

• Long jump : 8.43 m, May 12, 2018, Shanghai

Hall

• Long jump: 8.16 m, February 3, 2018, Tehran

Web links

• Shi Yuhao in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rising long jumper Shi Yuhao breaks Asian junior record . Xinhua (2017-06-25). Retrieved January 20, 2020.
2. ↑ Long jumper stretchered out of sand pit after injury at Shanghai meet . Shanghai (2018-05-12). Retrieved January 20, 2020.

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Shi is the family name here, Yuhao is the first name.