Dong Bin (; born 22 November 1988) is a Chinese

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete who specialises in the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

. He is a two-time

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have be ...

list at the

Asian Indoor Athletics Championships The Asian Indoor Athletics Championships were held for the first time in 2004. Run by the Asian Athletics Association, the championships take place biennially in different cities all over Asia.2016 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 ...

. In 2016 he won the World Indoor Championship. His indoor best of 17.33 m is an Asian and Chinese indoor record. He also represented China at the

2012 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 ...

, came fifth 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- ...

and was a finalist at the

Summer Universiade The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and " Olympiad". The Universiade is referred ...

in both 2009 and 2011.

Career

Born in

Changsha Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a population of over 10 million, and ...

, he first represented China internationally at the

2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2006 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held from 15 August to 20 August at the Chaoyang Sports Centre in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China. ...

held in

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the Capital city, capital of the China, People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's Li ...

, where he finished eighth in his qualifying group. He made progress into the senior ranks in 2008, when finished as runner-up at the Chinese Athletics Championships with a personal best of 16.54 m. In the 2009 indoor season, he improved this to 16.89 m on the Chinese Athletics Grand Prix circuit. He represented his province (

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangx ...

) at the 2009 National Games of China and came sixth. His first major success in the senior ranks came at the 2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, where his jump of 16.73 m was a championship record and brought him the gold medal. He set an outdoor personal best of 16.86 m that year and placed third at the national championships.Dong Bin
. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-03-16. He broke the Chinese indoor record in February 2011, clearing 17.01 m and matched his outdoor best in April. Dong and Li Yanxi were the Chinese entrants at that year's

, but while Li took the silver Dong only managed fifth place with 16.36 m. Just over a week later he jumped 17.05 m, albeit wind-aided (+2.1 m/s). He defended his title at the

2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships The 2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships was the fifth edition of the international indoor athletics event between Asian nations. It took place at the Vocational and Technical College Athletics Hall in Hangzhou, China, between 18 and 19 Feb ...

with a championship and national record of 17.01 m, although he narrowly saw off Chinese rival

Cao Shuo Cao Shuo (born October 8, 1991) is a Chinese track and field athlete who specialises in the triple jump. He was born in Hebei.* His personal bests were both set in 2012, outdoors, his personal best is 17.35 m, while his indoor personal best i ...

, who jumped the same distance but had a shorter second-best jump. In his first appearance on the global senior stage he finished eighth at the

2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the 14th edition of the global-level indoor track and field competition and was held between March 9–11, 2012 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the first of fou ...

. Outdoors, a big improvement to 17.38 m in April earned him a place at the London Olympics and he reached tenth in the Olympic triple jump final – the best performance by an Asian athlete.Bin Dong
. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-16. In

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and t ...

in March 2013 he broke Oleg Sakirkin's 20-year-old Asian indoor record with a jump of 17.16 m.Jalava, Mirko (2013-03-07)
Dong Bin leads the way as indoor records tumble in Nanjing
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-17. That year, he also reached the final of the

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

. His performance at the 2015 World Championships was less good, failing to make the final at a home World Championships. He began 2016 well, setting a new area and national record indoor in February at the Chinese National Indoor Grand Prix, before going on winning the World Indoor Championship in March. He then set a new outdoor personal best on the way to winning the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Personal bests

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 ...

: 7.09 metres (2007) *

Triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

(outdoor): 17.58 metres (2016) *Triple jump (indoor): 17.41 metres (2016) AR

Competition record

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dong, Bin Living people 1988 births Chinese male triple jumpers Sportspeople from Changsha Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for China Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes from Hunan World Athletics Championships athletes for China Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for China Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games silver medalists for China Olympic male triple jumpers Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games World Athletics Indoor Championships winners