Wu Jian (born 25 May 1986) is a Chinese male track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw. He holds a personal best of , set in Zhaoqing in 2011. He was a silver medallist at the

2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics The 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the third edition of the international athletics competition for youth (under-18) athletes organised by the IAAF. It was held in Sherbrooke, Canada from the 9–13 July at the Université de Sh ...

and took his first major senior medal (a bronze) at the

2011 Asian Athletics Championships The 19th Asian Athletics Championships were held in Kobe, Japan between July 7–10, 2011 at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium. The tournament had 507 athletes from forty Asian nations competing in the 42 track and field events over the four- ...

. He represented his country at the

2011 World Championships in Athletics The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011. The United States topped the medal standings in th ...

and at the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

. At national level, he has had four victories at the Chinese Athletics Championships, winning in 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014. He placed fourth 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 ...

in 2003 at the age of 17. At the National Games of China, he has represented his native Jiangsu on three occasions: he was discus runner-up to Li Shaojie in

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before taking consecutive titles at the

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and 2017 Games.National Games Athletics event results
Tilastopaja Oy. Retrieved 2009-10-25.

International competitions

National titles

* Chinese Athletics Championships **Discus throw: 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 * National Games of China **Discus throw: 2013, 2017

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wu, Jian Living people 1986 births Athletes from Jiangsu Chinese male discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for China Asian Games competitors for China 21st-century Chinese sportspeople