Wang Yu ( zh, 王宇; born 18 August 1991 in
Zhuhai
Zhuhai (, ; Yale: ''Jyūhói''), also known as Chuhai is a prefecture-level city located on the west bank of Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, on the southeastern edge of Pearl ...
) is a Chinese athlete specializing in the
high jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
. He won the bronze medal at the
2013 Summer Universiade
The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (russian: XXVII Летняя Универсиада), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 un ...
in Kazan.
He has personal bests of 2.33 metres outdoors (Beijing 2013) and 2.34 metres indoors (
PSD Bank Meeting
The PSD Bank Meeting was an annual indoor track and field competition which took place in February at the Arena-Sportpark in Düsseldorf, Germany. The inaugural edition ''1. Internationales Indoor Meeting Düsseldorf'' was held in 2006 and attrac ...
, Düsseldorf 2019,
NR).
In 2019, his season best is 2.31 m in Nanjing (CHN), on 21 May 2019.
Competition record
1Did not start in the final
References
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1991 births
Living people
Chinese male high jumpers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for China
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for China
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Universiade bronze medalists for China
Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
21st-century Chinese people
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