Yu Wei

Yu Wei
Personal information
Born (1987-09-11) 11 September 1987 (age 39)
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country China
SportTrack and field
Event
Racewalking
ClubShandong Province
Achievements and titles
5th, 50 km walk (2016)
Personal bests50 km walk: 3:42:54 (2016)
20 km walk: 1:19:07 (2013)


Yu Wei (于伟; born 11 September 1987) is a male Chinese racewalker.

Career

He competed in the 50 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.

He competed in the 50 kilometres walk event at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games, finishing 5th.

His personal best of 3:42:54 set in Huangshan on 6 March 2016 ranks him #75 of all time.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Men's 50 kilometres walk heats results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "IAAF: Report: men's 50km race walk – Rio 2016 Olympic Games| News | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "UPDATE 5-Olympics-Athletics-Men's 50km walk results". Reuters. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  4. ↑ 50公里竞走于伟获第五名 斯洛伐克名将逆转夺冠 [Yu Wei places fifth in 50 km racewalk; Slovak star takes back crown]. Sina News. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "50 Kilometres Race Walk - men - senior - outdoor".