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Wang Jianan (long jumper)

Wang Jianan (Chinese: 王嘉男; born 27 August 1996) is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the long jump.

Wang Jianan (Chinese: 王嘉男; born 27 August 1996) is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the long jump.

He competed in a heptathlon and a decathlon in 2012 but showed his aptitude for the long jump by winning at the Chinese Athletics Championships. One month after turning sixteen, he jumped a personal best of 8.04 m to claim the national title.

He quickly rose to the top of the regional scene with a gold medal win at the 2013 Asian Athletics Championships.

In 2018, Wang won the gold medal in long jump at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. On 16 June 2018, he tied the national record in Guiyang with a personal best of 8.47 m.

In 2022, he became World Champion in the long jump.

Information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.

Event	Mark (m)	Wind (m/s)	Competition	Place	Date	Notes
Long Jump	8.47	+0.7	Guiyang Chinese Grand Prix	Guiyang, China	16 June 2018	=Chinese record
Long Jump (Indoor)	8.18	—.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}N/a	Nanjing Indoor Grand Prix	Nanjing, China	3 March 2016

Wang Jianan at World Athletics
Wang Jianan at Olympedia
Wang Jianan at Olympics.com
Wang Jianan at the Chinese Olympic Committee (archived)

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