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 best(s)800 m: 2:00.08 (Gumi, 2025)
1500 m: 4:11.86 (Guangzhou, 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 2026 Tianjin 800 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Astana 800 m

Wu Hongjiao (born 25 July 2003) is a Chinese middle-distance runner. She won gold medals at the 2023 and 2026 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]

In September 2025, she competed in the women's 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [10]

In February 2026, she won the gold medal in the 800 metres at the 2026 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tianjin, China. [11]

Personal life

She is a student at Central China Normal University. [12]

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. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  11. ↑ "12th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 9 February 2026. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  12. ↑ "CCNU Students Clinched Two Golds and One Silver at 26th Asian Athletics Championships". ccnu.edu.cn. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.