Wu Jian

Wu Jian
nation	People's Republic of China
birthday	25th May 1986 (age 34)
place of birth	China
Career
discipline	Discus throw
Best performance	63.54 m (April 23, 2011 in Zhaoqing )
status	active
Medal table
Asian Championships 0 × 0 × 1 × U18 world championships 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Asian Championships bronze Kobe 2011 56.61 m  Youth World Championships silver Sherbrooke 2003 63.18 m
last change: December 25, 2018

Wu Jian (born May 25, 1986 ) is a Chinese discus thrower .

Athletic career

Wu Jian gained his first international experience at the 2003 Youth World Championships in Sherbrooke , where he won the silver medal with 63.18 m. The following year he took part in the Junior World Championships in Grosseto and was eliminated there with 51.83 m in qualification. In 2009 he took part in the Asian Championships in Guangzhou for the first time , but ended his competition without a valid attempt. Two years later he won the bronze medal behind the Iranian Ehsan Hadadi and Vikas Gowda from India at the Asian Championships in Kobe with 56.61 m . He qualified for the World Championships in Daegu , where he was eliminated with 62.07 m in the qualification. In 2014 he took part in the Asian Games in Incheon for the first time and was fifth with a throw of 58.82 m and sixth at the Asian Championships in Wuhan in 2015 with 55.75 m. In 2018 he again took part in the Asian Games in Jakarta and reached eighth place with a width of 56.86 m.

In 2008 and 2010, as well as in 2012 and 2014, Wu was Chinese champion in discus throwing.

Web links

• Wu Jian 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. Wu is the family name here, Jian is the first name.