Wu Hongjiao

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Wu Hongjiao
Personal information
Born (2003-07-25) 25 July 2003 (age 22)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Middle-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best800 m: 2:00.08 (2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Gumi 800 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Gumi 4 X 400m mixed
Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Astana 800 m

Wu Hongjiao (born 25 July 2003) is a Chinese middle-distance runner. She won the gold medal at the 2023 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships over 800 metres, and the gold medal at the 2025 Asian Championships over that distance. [1]

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Career

She won the gold medal at the 2023 Asian Indoor Championships over 800 metres in Astana, Kazakhstan. [2] [3] She qualified for the final and placed seventh overall in the 800 metres at the 2023 Asian Championships in Bangkok in July 2023. [4] [5] She placed seventh over 800 metres at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games in the 800 metres, held in Chengdu, China, in August 2023. [6]

She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China. [7] She won the 800 metres gold medal at the 2025 Asian Championships in Gumi, South Korea in May 2025, running 2:00.08 to win ahead of Rin Kubo of Japan. [8] She was also a silver medalist at the championships in the Mixed 4 x 400 metres relay. [9]

She was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

Personal life

She is a student at Central China Normal University. [10]

References

  1. "Wu Hongjiao". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  2. "Highlights of 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships". People.cn. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  3. Berkeley, Geoff (12 February 2023). "Dubovitskaya leads Kazakhstan clean sweep at Asian Indoor Athletics Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  4. "Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  5. "China wins men's discus gold at Asian Athletics Championships 2023". News.cn. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  6. "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  7. "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  8. "Spectacular End to the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi". Asian Athletics. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  9. "26th Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 21 May 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  10. "CCNU Students Clinched Two Golds and One Silver at 26th Asian Athletics Championships". ccnu.edu.cn. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.