Si Tianfeng
![]() Si at the 2013 World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | June 17, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 50 km Race Walk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Si Tianfeng (Chinese: 司天峰, Sī Tiānfēng, born June 17, 1984, in Xintai, Shandong) is a Chinese race walker. He represented China at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing 17th.[1] He also competed in the 50 km walk at the 2009 Chinese National Games and won the bronze medal. Si set a Games record to take the gold medal in the 50 km walk at the 2010 Asian Games.[2] He was fourth at the World Race Walking Cup that year.[3]
He won the Taicang meet on the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in April 2011, but came fourth that was retrospectively upgraded to bronze after the original gold medalist was caught doping at the World Championships that year.[3][4]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's 50 km race walk, in a personal best of 3:37:16.[1][3] In May 2012, he also won bronze at the World Racing Cup in Saransk retrospectively upgraded to silver medal after the original gold medalist was disqualified for doping.[3]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2006 | World Race Walking Cup | A Coruña, Spain | 20th | 50 km | 3:57:54 |
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 17th | 50 km | 3:52:58 |
2010 | World Race Walking Cup | Chihuahua, Mexico | 4th | 50 km | 3:55:06 |
Asian Games | Guangzhou, China | 1st | 50 km | 3:47:04 | |
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 3rd | 50 km | 3:44:40 |
2012 | World Race Walking Cup | Saransk, Russia | 2nd | 50 km | 3:43:05 |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 2nd | 50 km | 3:37:16 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Si Tianfeng Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
- ^ Ogunode and Fukushima complete doubles in Guangzhou - Asian Games, Day 5. IAAF (2010-11-26). Retrieved on 2011-04-24.
- ^ a b c d "IAAF: Athlete profile for Tianfeng Si". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
- ^ Wu, Junkuan (2011-04-24). China eyes race walking gold in Daegu worlds Archived 2012-11-07 at the Wayback Machine. Xinhua. Retrieved on 2011-04-24.
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Chinese male racewalkers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for China
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes from Shandong
- People from Tai'an
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for China
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
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