Chu Yafei, also known as Zhu Yafei, (born September 5, 1988 in
Inner Mongolia
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) is a
Chinese
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race walker. He has represented his country at the
2008 Summer Olympics and the
2009 World Championships in Athletics
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.
Career
While undergoing his studies, he took part in the
2007 Summer Universiade and won the 20 km walk title ahead of the more experienced
Park Chil-Sung
Park Chil-Sung (, ; born 8 July 1982) is a South Korean race walker
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. He competed at the
20 km race walk event at the
2008 Summer Olympics. He competed at his first world championships the following year and took thirteenth place in the 20 km walk at the
2009 World Championships in
Berlin
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. After the major championships he took to the national and continental stages: taking a
bronze medal for Inner Mongolia at the
11th National Games of China behind
Wang Hao and
Li Jianbo, and then upgrading to the silver medal at the
2009 Asian Athletics Championships
The 18th Asian Athletics Championships were held in Guangzhou, China in 2009.
Results
Men's results
Track
Field
Women's results
Track
Field
Medal table
Participating nations
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– just one second behind Li.
He had success on the racewalking circuit in 2010, taking the silver medal in the 20 km walk at the
2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, behind compatriot Wang Hao. He then took wins at the
Na Rynek Marsz! and
Gran Premio Cantones de Marcha meets in May and June.
[Valiente, Emeterio (2010-06-20)]
Zhu and Pascual nab La Coruña titles – IAAF Race Walking Challenge
IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-22.
Achievements
*2005 National Middle School Students Games - 1st 10000m walk;
*2006/2007 National Champions Tournament (Junior Group) - 1st 10 km/30 km walk;
*2006 IAAF Race Walking Challenge - 5th 20 km walk;
*2007 National Intercity Games - 3rd 20000m walk;
*2007 National Champions Tournament Junior Groups - 1st 30 km;
*2007 World University Games - 1st 20 km walk
Records
*2007 National Champions Tournament - 39:00 10 km walk (AJR/NJR)
References
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External links
2008 Team China
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1988 births
Living people
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Chinese male racewalkers
Olympic athletes for China
Athletes from Inner Mongolia
Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Asian Games silver medalists for China
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
FISU World University Games gold medalists for China
Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade
21st-century Chinese people