Fu Haitao (; born 13 January 1993) is a

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who competes in the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

. Fu was the gold medallist at the

2013 East Asian Games The 2013 East Asian Games, officially known as the VI East Asian Games, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Tianjin, China, between 6 October and 15 October 2013. 2,422 Athletes from nine East Asian nations competed in 254 eve ...

and the

Asian Indoor Athletics Championships The Asian Indoor Athletics Championships were held for the first time in 2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, 2004. Run by the Asian Athletics Association, the championships take place biennially in different cities all over Asia.

in 2014. He also finished in the top two at the

2010 Youth Olympics The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ms, Sukan Olimpik Belia Musim Panas 2010), officially known as the I Summer ...

and the

2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships The 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was the 15th edition of the international athletics competition for Asian under-20 athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association. It took place from 9 to 12 June at the Sugathadasa Stadium in ...

. His personal best is .

Career

Born in

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...

, he competed in jumping events in his youth and set bests of and in the long and triple jump to finish in the top two at the 2008 Chinese High School Championships. He cleared sixteen metres in the triple jump for the first time in 2009, en route to winning the Chinese High School Games title.Fu Haitao
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-02-18. In his first international competition, he cleared a personal best of to take second place at the

, finishing behind Cuban Radame Fabar. He ended that year having improved his best mark to . He competed only nationally in 2011 and he competed a long/triple jump double at the Chinese junior championships. His best performances came at the

Chinese City Games The China National Youth Games ( is a quadrennial multi-sport event for Chinese athletes under the age of twenty-one. It was first held in 1988 as the China City Games. The competition switched to be held the year before the Summer Olympics in the ...

, where he cleared to take bronze in the long jump and leaped to win the triple jump title – the latter mark ranked him third in the world that year among junior athletes. The following year he failed to improve upon these marks, but his best jump of the year at was enough to win the gold medal at the

. He was among the top qualifiers at the

2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born 1993 or later) which was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, on 10–15 ...

, but managed only seventh place in the final. Fu took his first senior medals in 2013, first a triple jump bronze medal at the 12th National Games of China, then a gold medal at the

, where he defeated the reigning Asian champion

Cao Shuo Cao Shuo (born October 8, 1991) is a Chinese track and field athlete who specialises in the triple jump. He was born in Hebei.* His personal bests were both set in 2012, outdoors, his personal best is 17.35 m, while his indoor personal best is 1 ...

. He began the next year by winning his first continental title, taking the gold at the

2014 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships The 2014 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships was the sixth edition of the international indoor athletics event between Asian nations. It took place at the Vocational and Technical College Athletics Hall in Hangzhou, China, between 15 and 16 Febru ...

Hangzhou Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whi ...

with an indoor best of .Jalava, Mirko (2014-02-16)
Barshim over 2.36m at the Asian Indoor Championships
IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-02-18.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fu, Haitao Living people 1993 births Chinese male triple jumpers Chinese male long jumpers Athletes from Fujian Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics 21st-century Chinese people