Wang Shizhu

Wang Shizhu
nation	People's Republic of China
birthday	20th February 1989 (age 31)
place of birth	China
Career
discipline	Hammer throw
Best performance	76.12 m (September 7, 2017 in Tianjin )
status	active
Medal table
Asian Games 0 × 1 × 0 × Asian Championships 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Asian Games silver Incheon 2014 73.65 m Asian Championships silver Bhubaneswar 2017 73.81 m
last change: May 2, 2019

Wang Shizhu ( Chinese  王 士 築  /  王 士 筑 ; * February 20, 1989 ) is a Chinese hammer thrower .

Athletic career

Wang Shizhu gained his first international experience at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon , South Korea , where he won the silver medal behind Tajik Dilschod Nazarow with a width of 73.65 m . The following year he took part in the Asian Championships in Wuhan and finished fifth with 71.71 m. Two years later he won the silver medal again behind Nazarow at the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar with 73.81 m. In 2018 he again took part in the Asian Games in Jakarta , where he reached fourth place with a width of 71.31 m. The following year he finished sixth at the Asian Championships in Doha with 68.89 m.

In 2017 and 2018, Wang became the Chinese hammer throw champion.

Web links

• Wang Shizhu in the database of World Athletics (English)

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