Xie Wenjun

Xie Wenjun
Xie Wenjun in Paris 2018
nation	People's Republic of China
birthday	11th July 1990 (age 30)
place of birth	Shanghai , China
size	191 cm
Weight	88 kg
Career
discipline	110 meter hurdles
Best performance	13.17 s
Trainer	Sun Haiping
status	active
Medal table
Asian Games 2 × 0 × 0 × Asian Championships 2 × 0 × 0 ×
Asian Games gold Incheon 2014 110 m hurdles gold Jakarta 2018 110 m hurdles Asian Championships gold Wuhan 2015 110 m hurdles gold Doha 2019 110 m hurdles
last change: November 7, 2019

Xie Wenjun ( Chinese  謝 文 駿  /  谢 文 骏 , Pinyin Xiè Wénjùn; born July 11, 1990 in Shanghai ) is a Chinese hurdler who specializes in the 110-meter distance .

Athletic career

Xie Wenjun gained his first international experience at the Summer Universiade 2009 in Belgrade , where he was eliminated in the semifinals with 13.93s. In 2012 he qualified for the first time for the Olympic Games in London , where he was eliminated in the semifinals with 13.34s . The following year he took part in the World Championships in Moscow and was eliminated there with 13.59 s in the lead. In 2014 he reached the semi-finals at the World Indoor Championships in Sopot over 60 m hurdles, came fourth at the Athletics Continental Cup in Marrakech and won the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea in 13.36 seconds.

In 2015 he won the Asian Championships in Wuhan and thus qualified for the World Championships in Beijing , where he was eliminated in the semifinals with 13.39 s . The following year he reached the semi-finals at the World Indoor Championships in Portland and retired from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with 13.69 s in the first round . In 2017 he took part again in the World Championships in London and again reached the semi-finals , in which he was eliminated with 13.36 seconds. At the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham , he again reached the semifinals and again won the Asian Games in Jakarta in 13.34 s at the end of August . The following year he won the Asian Championships in Doha with a new world annual record and a personal record of 13.21 seconds. So he qualified again for the World Championships , which also took place in Doha, and made it to the finals there , in which he finished fifth in 13.29 s.

In 2008, 2012, 2015 and 2018, Xie became Chinese champion in the 110-meter hurdles. He graduated from Tongji University in Shanghai with a degree in marketing .

Personal bests

• 110 m hurdles: 13.17 s (+0.7 m / s), May 18, 2019 in Shanghai
• 60 m hurdles (hall): 7.60 s, 16 February 2013 in Birmingham

Web links

Commons : Xie Wenjun  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Xie Wenjun in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Xie Wenjun in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vincent Wu: Four golds for hosts China on first day of Asian Championships ( English ) IAAF. June 3, 2015. Accessed November 7, 2019.
2. ↑ Jad Adrian Washif: Strong day for China on fourth day of Asian Games in Jakarta ( English ) IAAF. August 29, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2019.

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