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| Nationality | China | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 February 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Hammer | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Hammer: 75.33m (Kladno, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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