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Born | Handan, Hebei, China | January 20, 1973
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Duan Qifeng ( Chinese: 段岐峰, born 20 January 1973) is a Chinese male former track and field athlete who specialized in the triple jump. He set a lifetime best of 17.05 m (55 ft 11+1⁄4 in) in 1998, which ranked him 20th in the world that year. [1]
Duan has had a vision impairment since a very young age, which allowed him to also compete in the Paralympics in category T12/F12 events. [2]
His international career flourished in 1998, when he was gold medallist at the 1998 Asian Athletics Championships, [3] silver medallist behind Sergey Arzamasov at the 1998 Asian Games, [4] and a representative for Asia at the 1998 IAAF World Cup. [5]
In the 1998 season he won the national title at the Chinese Athletics Championships with a mark of 17.05 m (55 ft 11+1⁄4 in) – the first athlete to jump over seventeen metres at the competition in eight years. [6] He had been runner-up at the Chinese National Games for his native Hebei previously, finishing second to Zou Sixin in 1993 and Lao Jianfeng in 1997. [7]
Duan Qifeng also competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics where he won three medals. He won gold in the F12 triple jump and a bronze in the F12 long jump, he was also part of the gold medal-winning Chinese 4 × 100 m relay team. [8]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1992 | World Junior Championships | Seoul, South Korea | 8th | Triple jump | 15.78 m |
1998 | Asian Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 1st | Triple jump | 16.79 m |
World Cup | Johannesburg, South Africa | 8th | Triple jump | 14.09 m | |
Asian Games | Bangkok, Thailand | 2nd | Triple jump | 16.98 m | |
2004 | Summer Paralympics | Athens, Greece | 1st | Triple jump F12 | 15.30 m |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay T12 | 43.16 | |||
3rd | Long jump F12 | 7.00 m |
Personal information | |
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Born | Handan, Hebei, China | January 20, 1973
Medal record |
Duan Qifeng ( Chinese: 段岐峰, born 20 January 1973) is a Chinese male former track and field athlete who specialized in the triple jump. He set a lifetime best of 17.05 m (55 ft 11+1⁄4 in) in 1998, which ranked him 20th in the world that year. [1]
Duan has had a vision impairment since a very young age, which allowed him to also compete in the Paralympics in category T12/F12 events. [2]
His international career flourished in 1998, when he was gold medallist at the 1998 Asian Athletics Championships, [3] silver medallist behind Sergey Arzamasov at the 1998 Asian Games, [4] and a representative for Asia at the 1998 IAAF World Cup. [5]
In the 1998 season he won the national title at the Chinese Athletics Championships with a mark of 17.05 m (55 ft 11+1⁄4 in) – the first athlete to jump over seventeen metres at the competition in eight years. [6] He had been runner-up at the Chinese National Games for his native Hebei previously, finishing second to Zou Sixin in 1993 and Lao Jianfeng in 1997. [7]
Duan Qifeng also competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics where he won three medals. He won gold in the F12 triple jump and a bronze in the F12 long jump, he was also part of the gold medal-winning Chinese 4 × 100 m relay team. [8]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1992 | World Junior Championships | Seoul, South Korea | 8th | Triple jump | 15.78 m |
1998 | Asian Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 1st | Triple jump | 16.79 m |
World Cup | Johannesburg, South Africa | 8th | Triple jump | 14.09 m | |
Asian Games | Bangkok, Thailand | 2nd | Triple jump | 16.98 m | |
2004 | Summer Paralympics | Athens, Greece | 1st | Triple jump F12 | 15.30 m |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay T12 | 43.16 | |||
3rd | Long jump F12 | 7.00 m |