Cai Zelin (, born 11 April 1991, in Huize,

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

) is a Chinese male racewalker. He finished 4th at the 20 km walk during the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, and won the silver medal at the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

. He finished 5th at the 2015 World Championships in the 20 km race walk. In 2019, he competed in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the

2019 World Athletics Championships The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athletics. It was held betw ...

held in Doha, Qatar. He did not finish his race.

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Living people 1991 births People from Qujing Athletes from Yunnan Chinese male racewalkers Olympic athletes of China Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) 2016 Olympic silver medalists for China Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for China Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic male racewalkers Universiade silver medalists for China Asian Games competitors for China Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub

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