Wu Tao (; born October 3, 1983) is a Chinese discus thrower. He won the 2002 World Junior Championships and the

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and finished seventh at the

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. On the regional level he won the 2003 Asian Championships and the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

, and finished fifth at the

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. He competed at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the finals. His personal best throw is 64.28 metres, achieved in May 2005 in

Chongqing Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...

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Wu Tao. Retrieved on 2015-07-27. The Chinese record is currently held by Li Shaojie with 65.16 metres.

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* 1983 births Living people Athletes from Liaoning Chinese male discus throwers Olympic athletes for China Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for China Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Asian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Chinese sportspeople Chinese Athletics Championships winners {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub