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| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 June 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Long jump: 6.73m (Hangzhou, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Xiong Shiqi (born 9 March 2004) is a Chinese long jumper. [1]
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| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 June 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | Long jump: 6.73m (Hangzhou, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Xiong Shiqi (born 9 March 2004) is a Chinese long jumper. [1]
A student at Wuhan University, she won gold in the 100 metres and the 4x100m relay at the 2023 Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Yecheon, South Korea. [2]
She won the gold medal in the long jump at the delayed 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou in October 2023 with a personal best jump of 6.73 metres. [3] [4] [5]
She won gold at the 2024 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tehran in the long jump. [6] She finished fourth at the 2024 Diamond League Shanghai in the long jump in April 2024. [7] She competed in the long jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [8] [9]
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