Chu Yafei, also known as Zhu Yafei, (born September 5, 1988 in Inner Mongolia) is a Chinese

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. He has represented his country at the

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and the

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Career

While undergoing his studies, he took part in the

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and won the 20 km walk title ahead of the more experienced Park Chil-Sung. He competed at the

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event at the

. 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. After the major championships he took to the national and continental stages: taking a

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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

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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

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and

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meets in May and June.Valiente, Emeterio (2010-06-20)
Zhu and Pascual nab La Coruña titles – IAAF Race Walking Challenge

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. 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

External links

2008 Team China

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chu, Yafei 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