Su Xiongfeng (, born 21 March 1987) is a

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track and field athlete who competes in the long jump. He became the Asian champion at the 2011 Asian Championships and was the

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list at the

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. His personal best jump of 8.27 metres is the Asian indoor record. Born in Shunde District, Guangdong, Su became interested in the long jump around 2002 and took part in high school and university competitions. While attending Huazhong University of Science and Technology, he won the 2007 national universities title. At the 2007

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(China's top junior-level event), he saw off both

Zhang Xiaoyi Zhang Xiaoyi (, born 25 May 1989) is a Chinese long jumper. In April 2006 he jumped 8.17 metres in Chongqing, a new Chinese junior record.

and

Li Jinzhe Li Jinzhe (simplified Chinese: 李金哲; born 1 September 1989) is a Chinese track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump. His personal best is 8.47 metres, set in 2014. This gives him the Chinese record long jump. He was the 20 ...

to claim the title with his first ever jump over eight metres (8.07 m). In 2008, he improved his best by a centimetre, recording a jump of 8.08 m at both the Chinese Olympic Trials (where he was runner-up) and the

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(where he was China's sole medallist). Due to the scheduling of the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing, that year's Chinese Athletics Championships were held late in October and Su won his first national long jump title in the absence of more experienced rivals. He competed at the

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for Huazhong University and came fourth behind

Marcin Starzak Marcin Starzak (born 20 October 1985 in Kraków) is a Polish long jumper. He finished sixth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships and seventh at the 2008 World Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2005 European Indoor Championsh ...

of Poland. He represented his province for the first time at the

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and although he had his best jump of the season there (8.05 m), it was again only enough for fourth place. The 2010 indoor season saw Su establish himself as one of Asia's best jumpers as he cleared 8.27 m in Nanjing in March, breaking both Huang Geng's 14-year-old Chinese indoor record and

Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi (born 19 June 1981 in Dhahran) is a Saudi Arabian long jumper. His personal best is 8.48 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France. This is also the current Asian record. At the global level, he co ...

's Asian indoor record. This remained the best performance indoors that year and ranked him joint seventh in the world for 2010. Su set an outdoor best of 8.11 m to win at the

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. He improved upon this with a jump of 8.17 m at the Chinese Championships to defeat Li Jinzhe and won his second national title. As a result, he was selected to represent China at the

in his home province of Guangdong. Korea's Kim Deok-Hyeon won the competition, but Su took his first major medal with his jump of 8.05 m for the silver. Su won the national indoor championships at the start of 2011 and went on to record an outdoor best of 8.19 m to secure second place behind

Mitchell Watt Mitchell Watt (born 25 March 1988) is an Australian track & field athlete. His main event is the long jump and holds the current Oceania record for the long jump – 8.54m. He was the first ever Australian long jump medalist at a World Champio ...

at the

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meeting in Shanghai. He entered the

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as the regional rankings leader and equalled his year's best jump to win the Asian title ahead of

Supanara Sukhasvasti Supanara Sukhasvasti na Ayudhya (often S.N.A. for the second name; th, ศุภนร ศุขสวัสดิ ณ อยุธยา; RTGS: Suphanara Suksawat Na Ayutthaya, born June 11, 1992, in Chiang Mai) is a Thai long jumper. By winn ...

.Liu Xiang clocks 13.22 championships in Kobe - Asian champs, final day
IAAF (2011-07-11). Retrieved on 2011-08-15.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Su, Xiongfeng Living people 1987 births Chinese male long jumpers People from Foshan Athletes from Guangdong Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Asian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Chinese sportspeople