Xue Changrui
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| Born | May 31, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Country |
 China | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Pole vault | ||||||||||||
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Xue Changrui (Chinese: 薛长锐; born 31 May 1991) is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the pole vault. His personal best is 5.81 m.[1] He was the champion at the Asian Athletics Championships in 2013 and at the Asian Games in 2014.
Born in Shandong Province,[2] he originally started out in the long jump and set a best of 7.15 metres at the age of seventeen. He emerged as a pole vaulter in 2011 and after competing on the Chinese Athletics Grand Prix circuit he finished third at the Chinese Athletics Championships with a vault of 5.30 m. He gradually improved in 2012,[3] winning the national Tianjin meet with a clearance of 5.40 m before finishing as runner-up to Yang Yansheng (another Shandong vaulter) at the national championships with a personal best of 5.60 m.[4]
Xue began to establish himself as an elite level vaulter in 2013. Competing abroad for the first time, he achieved a best of 5.75 m in Nevers, France.[2] He was second at the nationals in May but won the Chinese Grand Prix Final with a vault of 5.65 m (an outdoor best).[3] At the 2013 Asian Athletics Championships the conditions for jumping were poor but he dominated the competition, winning the gold medal with 5.60 m, 40 centimetres ahead of runner-up Lu Yao.[5]
References
- ↑ Profile page on IAAF website
- 1 2 撑竿跳精英赛杨雁盛摘金薛长锐5.75米A标 (Chinese). China Daily (2013-02-24). Retrieved on 2013-07-14.
- 1 2 Xue Changrui. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-07-14.
- ↑ Jalava, Mirko (2012-09-26). Chinese championships close out domestic season well. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-14.
- ↑ Eshete sets 10,000m championship record at Asian Championships. IAAF (2013-07-04). Retrieved on 2013-07-07.
External links
- Xue Changrui profile at IAAF