Shu Heng

Shu Heng

Personal information
Born	(2004-05-22) 22 May 2004 (age 21)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Long jump: 8.22 m (2025)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing   China Asian Championships 2025 Gumi Long jump Summer World University Games 2025 Bochum Long jump Asian U20 Championships 2023 Yecheon Long jump

Shu Heng (born 22 May 2004) is a Chinese long jumper. He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships. He won gold at the 2023 Asian U20 Athletics Championships. ^[1]

Career

Hailing from Jilin, Heng finished fourth in the long jump at the 2023 Chinese National Indoor Championships in Tianjin. That year, he won the gold medal at the 2023 Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Yecheon, South Korea, just two weeks after his 19th birthday, with a personal best jump of 8.03 metres. He missed his compatriot Weng Yongfeng's 15-year-old championship record mark of 8.05m from 2008, by two centimetres, however Heng did become the only other athlete to achieve a jump over eight metres in the history of the championships. ^{[2] [3]}

He won the Chinese Athletics Indoor Championships in March 2024 in Tianjin, with a personal best jump of 8.18 metres. ^[4]

In February 2025, he finished second in the long jump in Miramas, France, at a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver event, finishing behind event winner Bozhidar Saraboyukov, with a jump of 8.12 metres. ^[5] He retained his Chinese indoor national title in March 2025. ^[6] He subsequently competed at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, placing sixth overall with a best jump of 8.14 metres. ^{[7] [8]}

He finished fourth at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, with a best jump of 8.08 metres in April 2025 finishing ten centimetres behind his compatriot and event winner Zhang Mingkun. ^{[9] [10] [11]} He had a second place finish in the long jump competition at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event, with a best jump of 8.18 metres to finish three centimetres behind event winner Shi Yuhao but ahead of Olympic medalist Wayne Pinnock. ^[12] He jumped 8.22m to win the gold medal at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in May. In July, he won the gold medal in the long jump at the 2025 University Games in Germany, with a jump of 8.09 metres. ^[13]

References

1. "Shu Heng". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
2. "20th Asian U20 Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
3. "JAPAN TOPS THE MEDAL TALLY, SHU HENG MISSES LONG JUMP RECORD ON THE FINAL DAY". Asian Athletics. 8 Jun 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
4. "Chinese Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
5. "Nilsen vaults 6.01m in Caen, Strand runs 3:48 mile in Boston". World Athletics. 2 Feb 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
6. "Chinese Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
7. "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
8. "男子跳远中国舒衡8米14获第六名 意大利20岁小将8米30夺冠". Sohu.com (in Chinese). 23 March 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
9. "Results - Xiamen Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
10. "Highlights of 2025 Wanda Diamond League Xiamen Meeting". news.cn. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
11. "Men's long jump: Zhang Mingkun won the championship with 8.18 meters, Shu Heng won the fourth place with 8.08 meters". ppsports.com (in Chinese). April 26, 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
12. "Tinch and Duplantis fly in Shanghai/Keqiao". World Athletics. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
13. "China wins first athletics gold, Walaza claims 200m title at Universiade". News.cn. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.