Wu Yancong is a
paralympic
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athlete
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from
China
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competing mainly in category
F46 high jump events.
He has competed in three Paralympics, firstly in
2000
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where he competed in the triple jump and won the F46 high jump. Four Years later in
Athens
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he defended his high jump title. The
2008 Summer Paralympics
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...
in his home country were a relative disappointment as he failed to win a medal in either the long jump or triple jump.
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Paralympic athletes for China
Paralympic gold medalists for China
Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Chinese male high jumpers
High jumpers with limb difference
Paralympic high jumpers
21st-century Chinese people
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