Wu Yuang

Wu Yuang
nation	People's Republic of China
birthday	18th March 1998 (age 22)
place of birth	China
Career
discipline	sprint
status	active
Medal table
Asian Games 0 × 0 × 1 × Asian Championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Asian Games bronze Jakarta 2018 4 × 400 m mixed Asian Championships silver Doha 2019 4 × 400 m
last change: May 2, 2019

Wu Yuang ( Chinese  吴宇 昂 ; * March 18, 1998 ) is a Chinese sprinter who specializes in the 400-meter run .

Athletic career

Wu Yuang gained his first international experience at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Cali , where he was eliminated in the semifinals in 48.11 seconds. The following year he reached the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz also to the semi-finals, in which he was eliminated with 46.83 s. In 2018 he took part in the Asian Games in Jakarta with the Chinese 4 x 400 meter relay for the first time and finished sixth in 3: 07.16 minutes. He was also fourth in the mixed season. After the victorious Bahraines were disqualified in 2019, the bronze medal was awarded to the Chinese. The following year he won the silver medal behind the team from Japan at the Asian Championships in Doha with a new national record of 3: 03.55 minutes.

Personal bests

• 400 meters: 45.83 s, May 10, 2017 in Taiyuan
  • 400 meters (hall): 47.85 s, March 3, 2016 in Nanjing

Web links

• Wu Yuang 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, Yuang is the first name.