Wang Zhen (racewalker)

For other people of the same name, see Wang Zhen (disambiguation).
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.
Wang Zhen
Wang Zhen leading Denis Strelkov at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Born (1991-08-24) 24 August 1991 (age 33)
Heilongjiang, China
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)[1]
Sport
Country China
SportAthletics
Event20km Race Walk
Coached bySandro Damilano
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 20 km walk
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 20 km walk
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Daegu 20 km walk
Silver medal – second place 2015 Beijing 20 km walk
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon 20 km walk

Wang Zhen (Chinese: 王镇; born 24 August 1991)[1] is a Chinese race walker who specialises in the 10 kilometres and 20 kilometres race walk. He holds the senior Asian record for the 20 km with his time of 1:17:36 hours and is also the Asian, Chinese and junior world record holder over 10 km. He was the bronze medallist over 20 km at the 2012 London Olympics and the gold medallist at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Wang Zhen". data.star.sports.cn. Chinese Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wang Zhen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.