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Xue Changrui

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Xue Changrui
Xue Changrui in 2014
Personal information
Born (1991-05-31) 31 May 1991 (age 33)
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country China
SportTrack and field
EventPole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Outdoor 5.82 (2017) NR
Indoor 5.82 (2016)

Medal record

Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Pole vault
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Pune Pole vault

Xue Changrui (Chinese: 薛长锐; born 31 May 1991) is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the pole vault. His personal best is 5.82 m.[1] He was the champion at the Asian Athletics Championships in 2013 and at the Asian Games in 2014.

Career

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Born in Shandong Province,[2] he originally started out in the long jump and set a best of 7.15 metres at the age of seventeen. He emerged as a pole vaulter in 2011 and after competing on the Chinese Athletics Grand Prix circuit he finished third at the Chinese Athletics Championships with a vault of 5.30 m. He gradually improved in 2012,[3] winning the national Tianjin meet with a clearance of 5.40 m before finishing as runner-up to Yang Yansheng (another Shandong vaulter) at the national championships with a personal best of 5.60 m.[4]

Xue began to establish himself as an elite level vaulter in 2013. Competing abroad for the first time, he achieved a best of 5.75 m in Nevers, France.[2] He was second at the nationals in May but won the Chinese Grand Prix Final with a vault of 5.65 m (an outdoor best).[3] At the 2013 Asian Athletics Championships the conditions for jumping were poor but he dominated the competition, winning the gold medal with 5.60 m, 40 centimetres ahead of runner-up Lu Yao.[5]

On January 19, 2014, at the International Indoor Track and Field Games in New Orleans, France, Xue Changrui won the runner-up in the pole vault with a score of 5.70 meters.[6] On February 5, at the indoor competition in Dijon, France, Xue Changrui won the pole vault championship with a score of 5.75 meters.[7] On May 18, Xue Changrui won the third place in the pole vault with 5.62 meters in the IAAF Diamond League Shanghai Station.[8] On May 21, Xue Changrui won the championship with a jump of 5.80 meters at the IAAF World Athletics Challenge Beijing Station, and broke the Chinese outdoor men's pole vault record of 5.75 meters held by Yang Yansheng.[9] On September 15, at the IAAF Continental Cup held in Marrakech, Xue Changrui won the men's pole vault silver medal with a score of 5.65 meters.[10] On September 28, in the men's pole vault competition of the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Xue Changrui won the pole vault championship with a score of 5.55 meters.[11]

On May 20, 2015, at the Beijing Station of the World Athletics Challenge held at the Bird's Nest in Beijing, Xue Changrui won the pole vault championship with a time of 5.40 meters.[12]

On January 16, 2016, at the Indoor Pole Vault Classic held in Orleans, France, Xue Changrui won the championship with a score of 5.81 meters and broke the national indoor pole vault record of 5.80 meters held by Yang Yansheng.[13] On June 15, at an international track and field event in Nancy, France, Xue Changrui won the pole vault championship with a score of 5.75 meters.[14] In August, in the men's pole vault final of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Xue Changrui finished sixth with 5.65 meters.[15]

He finished fourth at the 2017 World Championships in London, jumping a Chinese record of 5.82 m.[16]

Competition record

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Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  China
2013 Asian Championships Pune, India 1st 5.60 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 12th 5.50 m
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 5th 5.75 m
Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 1st 5.55 m
Continental Cup Marrakech, Morocco 2nd 5.65 m1
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6th 5.65 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 4th 5.82 m
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 11th 5.60 m

1Representing Asia

References

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(一)^ Profile page on IAAF website

(二)^ ab竿5.75A[permanent dead link] (in Chinese). China Daily (24 February 2013). Retrieved on 14 July 2013.

(三)^ abXue Changrui. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 14 July 2013.

(四)^ Jalava, Mirko (26 September 2012). Chinese championships close out domestic season well. IAAF. Retrieved on 14 July 2013.

(五)^ Eshete sets 10,000m championship record at Asian Championships. IAAF (4 July 2013). Retrieved on 7 July 2013.

(六)^ "竿" [Indoor track and field competition in New Orleans, France: Polish athlete wins men's pole vault championship]. sports.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 13 March 2024. 5.702 [Liaoning National Games champion Xue Changrui from China also performed well, finishing second with a personal best of 5.70 meters.]

(七)^ "竿" [China Sports News: Pole vault world records inspiration to China]. sports.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 13 March 2024. 5.755.76 [Xue Changrui also jumped 5.75 meters and 5.76 meters in two indoor competitions in Dijon and Nice this year, winning one championship and one second place, setting a personal best.]

(八)^ "2014" [2014 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai Station]. sports.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 13 March 2024. 562 [Men's pole vaulter Xue Changrui finished third with 5.62 meters.]

(九)^ " " [China's track and field group's explosive progress Xue Changrui: Witness and participate in the growth]. sports.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 13 March 2024. 201490580575 [The 2014 IAAF World Athletics Challenge Beijing came to an end at the National Stadium. Xue Changrui, a pole vaulter born in the 1990s, crossed a height of 5.80 meters, breaking the national record of 5.75 meters set by Yang Yansheng four years ago.]

(十)^ " __" [IAAF Continental Cup: Xue Changrui wins silver, Gong Lijiao third]. sports.qq.com. Retrieved 13 March 2024. 23565 [23-year-old Xue Changrui won the silver medal in the men's pole vault with a score of 5.65 meters]

(11)^ " " [Xue Changrui: Overcome distracting thoughts and defeat yourself. Winning today is very enjoyable.]. sports.qq.com. Retrieved 13 March 2024. 2014,555 [Tonight, in the men's pole vault competition of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, Chinese player Xue Changrui won the championship with a score of 5.55 meters.]

(12)^ "2015" [China wins three championships in 2015 Bird's Nest Challenge]. www.sport.gov.cn. Retrieved 13 March 2024. 540 [In the men's pole vault competition, Shandong's Xue Changrui, Kazakhstan's Felipe and Germany's Villa all scored 5.40 meters. Xue Changrui won the championship in the first jump and Felipe won the runner-up in the second jump.]

(13)^ "581竿 " [Xue Changrui broke the national pole vault record with 5.81 meters. Watch him at the Rio Olympics.]. sports.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 13 March 2024. 116581580 [On the evening of January 16th, Beijing time, good news came from the indoor pole vault elite competition held in Orleans, France. Chinese player Xue Changrui won the championship with a score of 5.81 meters, and broke the national indoor indoor record of 5.80 meters held by Yang Yansheng. Pole vault record!]

(14)^ " " [Xue Changrui won his first outdoor championship this year and ranked among the top four in the London Olympics]. sports.sina.com.cn. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2024. 615575 [On June 15th, Beijing time, in an international track and field event held in Nancy, France, Chinese men's pole vaulter Xue Changrui performed well and won the championship with a score of 5.75 meters.]

(15)^ "" [Xue Changrui's parents watched the game and held their foreheads in silence.]. sports.163.com. Retrieved 13 March 2024. 201608165.855.65 [On August 16, 2016, Jinan City, in the men's pole vault final of the Rio Olympic Games, Shandong Olympic player Xue Changrui failed to hit 5.85 meters and finished sixth with 5.65 meters.]

(16)^ "IAAF: Report: men's pole vault final  IAAF World Championships London 2017| News | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

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