Zhao Qinggang

Zhao Qinggang
nation	People's Republic of China
birthday	24th July 1985 (age 35)
place of birth	China
Career
discipline	Javelin throw
Best performance	89.15 m (October 2, 2014 in Incheon )
status	active
Medal table
Asian Games 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Asian Games gold Incheon 2014 89.15 m
last change: November 11, 2019

Zhao Qinggang ( Chinese  趙 慶 剛  /  赵 庆 刚 , Pinyin Zhào Qìnggāng; * July 24, 1985 ) is a Chinese javelin thrower .

Athletic career

Zhao Qinggang gained his first international experience in 2009 at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong , where he won the silver medal behind his compatriot Qin Qiang with a width of 79.62 m . In 2013 he took part in the World Championships in Moscow for the first time, but retired there with 77.61 m in qualification and then won the East Asian Games in Tianjin with a width of 82.97 m. At the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon , South Korea , he triumphed with a new Asian record of 89.15 m. The following year he again took part in the World Championships in Beijing , but did not reach the final again with 79.47 m .

In 2019 he again took part in the World Championships in Doha , but retired without a valid attempt in qualification .

In 2012 and 2014, Zhao became the Chinese javelin master.

Web links

• Zhao Qinggang in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jon Mulkeen: Two Asian records broken on fantastic day for China at the Asian Games ( English ) IAAF. October 2, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

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