Dong Bin

Dong Bin (Chinese: 董斌; born 22 November 1988) is a Chinese track and field athlete who specialises in the triple jump. He is a two-time gold medallist at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and has a personal best of 17.58 metres, which he set winning the bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics. In 2016 he won the World Indoor Championship.

Dong Bin
Dong Bin at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1988-11-22) November 22, 1988
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country China
SportAthletics
Event(s)Triple jump
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing China
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroTriple jump
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 PortlandTriple jump
Asian Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 TehranTriple jump
Gold medal – first place2012 HangzhouTriple jump

His indoor best of 17.33 m is an Asian and Chinese indoor record. He also represented China at the 2012 Olympics, came fifth at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships and was a finalist at the Summer Universiade in both 2009 and 2011.

Career

Born in Changsha, he first represented China internationally at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Beijing, where he finished eighth in his qualifying group. He made progress into the senior ranks in 2008, when finished as runner-up at the Chinese Athletics Championships with a personal best of 16.54 m. In the 2009 indoor season, he improved this to 16.89 m on the Chinese Athletics Grand Prix circuit.[1] He represented his province (Hunan) at the 2009 National Games of China and came sixth.

His first major success in the senior ranks came at the 2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, where his jump of 16.73 m was a championship record and brought him the gold medal.[2] He set an outdoor personal best of 16.86 m that year and placed third at the national championships.[3] He broke the Chinese indoor record in February 2011, clearing 17.01 m and matched his outdoor best in April.[4] Dong and Li Yanxi were the Chinese entrants at that year's 2011 Asian Athletics Championships, but while Li took the silver Dong only managed fifth place with 16.36 m.[5] Just over a week later he jumped 17.05 m, albeit wind-aided (+2.1 m/s).[3]

He defended his title at the 2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships with a championship and national record of 17.01 m, although he narrowly saw off Chinese rival Cao Shuo, who jumped the same distance but had a shorter second-best jump.[6] In his first appearance on the global senior stage he finished eighth at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Outdoors, a big improvement to 17.38 m in April earned him a place at the London Olympics and he reached tenth in the Olympic triple jump final – the best performance by an Asian athlete.[7][8]

In Nanjing in March 2013 he broke Oleg Sakirkin's 20-year-old Asian indoor record with a jump of 17.16 m.[9] That year, he also reached the final of the World Championship.[10]

His performance at the 2015 World Championships was less good, failing to make the final at a home World Championships.[10]

He began 2016 well, setting a new area and national record indoor in February at the Chinese National Indoor Grand Prix, before going on winning the World Indoor Championship in March.[10][11] He then set a new outdoor personal best on the way to winning the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[11]

Personal bests
  • Long jump: 7.09 metres (2007)
  • Triple jump (outdoor): 17.58 metres (2016)
  • Triple jump (indoor): 17.41 metres (2016) AR

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  China
2006 World Junior Championships Beijing, China 14th (q) 15.60 m (+0.1 m/s)
2009 Universiade Belgrade, Serbia 11th 16.26 m
2010 Asian Indoor Championships Tehran, Iran 1st 16.73 m
2011 Asian Championships Kobe, Japan 5th 16.36 m
Universiade Shenzhen, China 8th 16.32 m
2012 Asian Indoor Championships Hangzhou, China 1st 17.01 m (=iNR)
World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 8th 16.75 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 10th 16.75 m
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 9th 16.73 m
2014 Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 2nd 16.95 m
2015 Asian Championships Wuhan, China 4th 16.65 m
World Championships Beijing, China 18th (q) 16.44 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 1st 17.33 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3rd 17.58 m
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 8th 16.84 m

References
  1. Jalava, Mirko (2009-02-20). Fast sprinting in China as indoor season continues. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-13.
  2. Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2010-02-27). Asian Indoor Championships close. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-16.
  3. Dong Bin Archived 2020-03-16 at the Wayback Machine. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-03-16.
  4. Jalava, Mirko (2011-04-25). Strong start for Chinese throwers in Zhaoging. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-16.
  5. 2011 Asian Championships Men Triple Jump. JAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-16.
  6. Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2012-02-19). Barshim soars 2.37m Asian record in Hangzhou as Asian Indoor champs conclude. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-16.
  7. Bin Dong Archive index at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-16.
  8. Jalava, Mirko (2012-04-16). World Discus champion Li Yanfeng opens well; Asian Javelin Throw record falls in Zhaoqing. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-16.
  9. Jalava, Mirko (2013-03-07). Dong Bin leads the way as indoor records tumble in Nanjing. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
  10. "IAAF: Dong Bin leaps Asian indoor triple jump record of 17.41m in Nanjing| News | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
  11. "IAAF: Bin Dong | Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
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