Zhang Yaoguang gained his first international experience at the Asian Indoor Championships 2014 in Hangzhou , where he finished fourth with 7.69 m and sixth in the triple jump with 15.67 m. Two years later he won the Asian Indoor Championships in Doha with 7.99 m . In 2017 he took part in the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar and was eliminated there with 7.18 m in qualification. In 2018 he took part in the Asian Games in Jakarta for the first time , where he won the silver medal behind his compatriot Wang Jianan with 8.15 m . The following year he won the silver medal behind the Japanese Yūki Hashioka at the Asian Championships in Doha with a width of 8.13 m . He also took part in the World Championships there and was eliminated from the qualification with 7.82 m .
In 2017 and 2018, Zhang was Chinese champion in the long jump outdoors and in 2019 also in the hall.
Personal best
Long jump: 8.29 m (+0.4 m / s) A, June 16, 2018 in Guiyang
Long jump (hall): 8.12 m, February 23, 2017 in Xianlin
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, Yaoguang is the first name.
People's Republic of China
