Huang Changzhou

Huang Changzhou
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  China
World Indoor Championships
2016 Portland Long jump

Huang Changzhou (Chinese: 黄常洲; born 20 August 1994) is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the long jump. He was the bronze medallist at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships. His personal best is 8.21 m (26 ft 11 in).

Training with American coach Randy Huntington, Huang began to improve in a group of Chinese jumpers which included world medallist Li Jinzhe, Asian Games medalist Gao Xinglong and world junior champion Wang Jianan. They represented an emergence of China as a global force in jumping.[1] At age nineteen, Huang took fourth place at the 2013 Chinese Games, clearing 7.97 m (26 ft 1 3⁄4 in) and trailing bronze medallist Zhang Yaoguang by just one centimetre.[2] He began competing on the international track and field circuit and placed third in the long jump at the IAAF World Challenge Beijing meet, sweeping the top three for China with training mates Li and Wang.[3] He cleared eight metres for the first time in the 2014 season, achieving a best of 8.12 m (26 ft 7 1⁄2 in) that August in Beijing.[4]

Huang began to rank highly at global level in 2015. A best of 8.14 m (26 ft 8 1⁄4 in) indoors placed him seventh on the seasonal rankings,[5] then he went further to 8.17 m (26 ft 9 1⁄2 in) outdoors, placing in the top 25 globally.[6] He was selected for the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships held on home turf in Wuhan, but failed to record a valid mark in the qualifying round.[7] He was slightly better at the 2016 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, but was some way off his best in fifth place.[8] Huang gained his first global call up the following year (having missed the 2015 World Championships in Athletics held in China) after strong performances on the Chinese National Indoor Grand Prix circuit, which included a new best of 8.19 m (26 ft 10 1⁄4 in).[9] One of two Chinese entrants alongside Wang,[10] he matched his best in the third round before improving to 8.21 m (26 ft 11 in) in the final round, earning himself the bronze medal.

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2015 Asian Championships Wuhan, China — Long jump NM
2016 Asian Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 5th Long jump 7.81 m
World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 3rd Long jump 8.21 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 11th Long jump 7.86 m

References

  1. ↑ Small Steps. Giant Leaps. Spikes Magazine (2015-08-14). Retrieved on 2016-03-20.
  2. ↑ Jalava, Mirko (2013-09-08). Chinese National Games begin with Asian pole vault record. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-20.
  3. ↑ Johnson, Len (2014-05-21). Three world leads and big nights for China and Beijing. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-20.
  4. ↑ Changzhou Huang. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-20.
  5. ↑ senior indoor 2015 Long Jump men. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-20.
  6. ↑ senior outdoor 2015 Long Jump men. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-20.
  7. ↑ 21st ASIAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015. Athletics Asia. Retrieved on 2016-03-20.
  8. ↑ 7th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. Athletics Asia. Retrieved on 2016-03-20.
  9. ↑ Dong Bin leaps Asian indoor triple jump record of 17.41m in Nanjing. IAAF (2016-02-29). Retrieved on 2016-03-20.
  10. ↑ Mulkeen, Jon (2016-03-14). Preview: men's long jump – IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-20.
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