Zhang Guowei (high jumper)

Zhang Guowei
nation	People's Republic of China
birthday	4th June 1991 (age 29)
place of birth	Yantai , China
size	200 cm
Weight	77 kg
Career
discipline	high jump
Best performance	2.38 m
society	Huang Jianmin
Trainer	Weihai Sports Academy
status	active
Medal table
World championships 0 × 1 × 0 × Asian Games 0 × 1 × 0 × Asian Championships 1 × 1 × 0 × Indoor Asian Championships 0 × 1 × 1 × U20 Asian Championships 0 × 1 × 0 ×
World championships silver Beijing 2015 2.33 m  Asian Games silver Incheon 2014 2.33 m Asian Championships silver Bhubaneswar 2017 2.28 m Indoor Asian Championships silver Hangzhou 2012 2.28 m bronze Hangzhou 2014 2.20 m Junior Asian Championships silver Hanoi 2010 2.23 m
last change: August 4, 2020

Zhang Guowei ( Chinese  張國偉  /  张国伟 , Pinyin Zhang Guowei ; * 4. June 1991 in Yantai ) is a retired Chinese high jumper .

Athletic career

Zhang Guowei gained his first international experience in 2010 when he won the silver medal at the Junior Asian Championships in Hanoi with a 2.23 m jump. The following year he finished eighth at the Asian Championships in Kobe with 2.15 m and also qualified for the World Championships in Daegu , where he reached the finals, where he finished tenth with 2.25 m. In 2012 he won the silver medal behind the Katari Mutaz Essa Barshim at the Asian Indoor Championships in Hangzhou with a height of 2.28 m and then finished fourth at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul with 2.31 m. In the summer he took part in the Olympic Games in London for the first time, but failed there with 2.21 m in qualification .

In 2013 he finished ninth at the World Championships in Moscow with 2.29 m and in 2014 he won the bronze medal at the Asian Indoor Championships in Hangzhou with 2.20 m behind Katari Barshim and Majd Eddin Ghazal from Syria. He then came in seventh at the World Indoor Championships in Sopot with 2.29 m. In autumn he took part in the Asian Games in Incheon and won the silver medal behind Barshim with 2.33 m. At the 2015 World Championships in Beijing , he jumped 2.33 m in the first attempt. After he failed at 2.36 , like the Canadian Derek Drouin and the Ukrainian Bohdan Bondarenko , the three jumpers had to play off. Drouin skipped 2.34 and won gold, while Zhang and Bondarenko took silver together. In 2016 he took part again in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and was eliminated from the qualification there with 2.22 m . In 2017 he won the silver medal behind the South Korean Woo Sang-hyeok at the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar with a height of 2.28 m . Injuries subsequently slowed him down repeatedly.

In March 2019, the Chinese Athletics Federation banned him for violating the regulations on commercial activities and therefore started competitions in Europe. In early April 2020, Zhang announced the end of his career in sports.

In 2012 and 2017 he became the Chinese high jump champion.

Personal best

• High jump: 2.38 m, May 30, 2015 in Eugene
  • High jump (hall): 2.33 m, March 21, 2014 in Beijing

Web links

• Zhang Guowei in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait ( memento from April 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) at Tilastopaja OY
• Zhang Guowei in the database of Olympedia.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Zhang Guowei prend sa retraite , on: lequipe.fr, April 6, 2020, accessed April 6, 2020
2. ↑ Nicolas Walter: Flash News of the Day - Former Vice World Champion Zhang Guowei announces the end of his career , notes, on: Leichtathletik.de, April 6, 2020, accessed April 6, 2020

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