Li Jinzhe (
simplified Chinese
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: 李金哲; born 1 September 1989) is a Chinese
track and field
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athlete who specialises in the
long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...
. His personal best is 8.47 metres, set in 2014. This gives him the Chinese record long jump.
He was the 2009
Asian Champion in the event and represented China at the
2009 World Championships in Athletics
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. He became regional champion for a second time at the
2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
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and made his Olympic debut at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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later that year.
Career
Born in
Beijing
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, Li began competing in 2007 and was runner-up behind
Su Xiongfeng at that year's
Chinese City Games
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– the country's foremost junior competition. He gained his first international medal (a
bronze
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) at the
2008 Asian Junior Athletics Championships
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. He cleared eight metres for the first time at the 2009 Chinese Championships in May, where his jump of 8.08 m brought him his first national title.
Li was selected to represent China in the long jump at the
2009 World Championships in Athletics
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and narrowly missed out on qualification into the final. At the
11th Chinese National Games in October he set a personal best of 8.18 m and came second behind
Zhang Xiaoyi. He remained in good form, jumping 8.16 m the following month to win at the
2009 Asian Athletics Championships
The 18th Asian Athletics Championships were held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, China in 2009.
Results
Men's results
Track
Field
Women's results
Track
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Medal table
Participating nations
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. He continued competing into mid-December and built upon his Asian title with a
gold medal
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at the
2009 East Asian Games )
, Host city = Hong Kong
, Teams participating = 9
, Athletes participating = 2,377
, Events = 262 events in 22 sports
, Opening ceremony = December 5, 2009
, Closing ceremony = December 13, 2009
, Officially opened by = State Councilor L ...
.
He featured indoors in Germany at the start of 2010, setting an indoor best of 7.98 m for second place behind
Salim Sdiri
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at the
BW-Bank Meeting
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and then turning the tables on the Frenchman to win at the
Sparkassen Cup. He attended the
2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships
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in
Doha
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, but failed to make it past the qualifying round. In the outdoor season he placed top three at the
Prefontaine Classic
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and the
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It was first ...
on the athletics circuit. Li attempted to defend his national long jump title at the Chinese Championships in August, but was beaten into second by Su Xiongfeng. He ended the year with a fourth-place finish at the
2010 IAAF Continental Cup
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, representing the Asia-Pacific team.
Li took another victory at the Sparkassen Cup in January 2011, defeating Sdiri and
Dwight Phillips. His best jump that year (8.02 m) came early in the season in
Fuzhou
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that June.
[Jinzhe Li]
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-05-25. His performances were lower than in previous years and he did not defend his title at the
2011 Asian Athletics Championships
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, managing only fifth place. He performed better the year after, taking the gold at the
2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
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and winning all but one of his outings on the Chinese and
Asian Grand Prix
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circuits. He cleared 8.25 m in
Wuhan
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.
[ He was chosen for the Chinese team for the ]2012 London Olympics
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and competed in the qualifying rounds only.
An indoor best of 8.11 m came at the start of 2013, when he took third at the XL Galan
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meet in Stockholm
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. Li jumped a new personal best of 8.34 m at the 2013 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix
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From ...
, defeating a quality field including the last three Olympic champions (Phillips, Irving Saladino and Greg Rutherford
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) as well as Mitchell Watt
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and Aleksandr Menkov
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Menkov (russian: Александр Александрович Меньков, born 7 December 1990 in Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai) is a Russian athlete who competes in the long jump.
Career
Menkov set a personal best ...
. He won his hometown meet, the inaugural IAAF World Challenge Beijing
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at the Bird's Nest Stadium
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, a few days later with a mark of 8.31 m.Easy win for local hero Li Jinzhe at IAAF World Challenge Beijing
Xinhua (2013-05-23). Retrieved on 2013-05-25.
Competition record
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Living people
1989 births
Chinese male long jumpers
Athletes from Beijing
Olympic athletes for China
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for China
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
21st-century Chinese people