Xue Changrui (; born 31 May 1991) is a

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athlete who competes in the

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. His personal best is 5.82 m. He was the champion at the

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in 2013 and at the

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in 2014.

Career

Born in

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

Province,撑竿跳精英赛杨雁盛摘金薛长锐5.75米A标
. ''China Daily'' (24 February 2013). Retrieved on 14 July 2013. he originally started out 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 ...

and set a best of 7.15 metres at the age of seventeen. He emerged as a pole vaulter in 2011 and after competing on the Chinese Athletics Grand Prix circuit he finished third at the Chinese Athletics Championships with a vault of 5.30 m. He gradually improved in 2012,Xue Changrui
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 14 July 2013. winning the national

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meet with a clearance of 5.40 m before finishing as runner-up to

Yang Yansheng Yang Yansheng (; born 5 January 1988) is a Chinese pole vaulter. He is the former Chinese record holder for the event both indoors and outdoors with bests of 5.80 and 5.75 metres respectively. Born in Binzhou in China's Shandong province, ...

(another Shandong vaulter) at the national championships with a personal best of 5.60 m. Xue began to establish himself as an elite level vaulter in 2013. Competing abroad for the first time, he achieved a best of 5.75 m in

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, France. He was second at the nationals in May but won the Chinese Grand Prix Final with a vault of 5.65 m (an outdoor best). At the

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the conditions for jumping were poor but he dominated the competition, winning the

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with 5.60 m, 40 centimetres ahead of runner-up Lu Yao. He finished fourth at the 2017 World Championships in London, jumping a Chinese record of 5.82 m.

Competition record

¹Representing Asia

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Xue, Changrui Living people 1991 births Chinese male pole vaulters Athletes from Shandong 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 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of China Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games