Wang Kaihua

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Wang Kaihua (born 16 February 1994) is a Chinese male racewalking athlete. He has represented his country at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships in 2016, where he helped China to the team gold, and at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, where he finished in seventh place.

Born in Lanzhou, he took part in racewalking competitions as a youth and participated at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics. He is coached by Italian Sandro Damilano.[1] Moving into the senior ranks, he began to establish himself at the Taicang Race Walking Challenge, placing second to Chen Ding.[2] Wang was ranked the number one in the world over the 20 kilometres race walk distance in the 2017 season, having set a personal best of 1:17:54 hours to win at the Chinese National Grand Prix.[3] This moved him into the top five all time fastest Chinese at the event.[4]

International competitions[edit]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France 6th 10,000 m walk
2016 World Race Walking Team Championships Rome, Italy 13th 20 km walk 1:21:12
1st 20 km walk 16 pts
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 7th 20 km walk 1:19:30
2018 Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 1st 20 km walk 1:22:04
2023 Asian Championships Bangkok, Thailand 2nd 20 km walk 1:25:29

References[edit]

  1. ^ Junior Men’s 10 Kilometres Walk. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  2. ^ Wu, Vincet (2015-05-01). Chen and Duan continue China’s race walking dominance in Taicang. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  3. ^ senior outdoor 2017 20 Kilometres Race Walk men. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  4. ^ Wu, Vincent (2017-05-05). Niu clocks 50km race walk world lead at Chinese Grand Prix in Huangshang. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.

External links[edit]

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