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Nationality | China | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 10 February 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hammer | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | Hammer: 75.33m (Kladno, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wang Qi (born 10 February 2001) is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the hammer throw. He won the gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games, in Hangzhou.[1]
Wang took up the hammer throw in 2013 in Yangzhou.[2] He started at Nanjing Normal University in 2019.[3] In June 2023, he set a new personal best throw of 75.33m in Kladno.[4]
In July 2023, he won gold at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok with a throw of 72.13m.[5] In August 2023, he won gold in the hammer throw at the 2023 University Games in Chengdu with a throw of 73.63 metres.[6][7]
Wang won the gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games, held in Hangzhou on 30 September 2023. He triumphed with a throw of 72.97 meters. It was China's first gold in hammer throw since the 1994 Asian Games.[8][9]