Duan Qifeng

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 Qifeng
Personal information
Born (1973-01-20) January 20, 1973
Handan, Hebei, China
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  China
Asian Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Fukuoka Triple jump
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 1998 Bangkok Triple jump
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Triple jump (F12)
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 4 × 100 m relay (T12)
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Long jump (F12)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Duan.

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]

Career

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]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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
2004Summer ParalympicsAthens, Greece 1st Triple jump F12 15.30 m
1st 4 × 100 m relay T12 43.16
3rd Long jump F12 7.00 m

National titles

References
  1. Duan Qifeng. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  2. 近访2004年残奥会金牌得主段岐峰 [An Interview with 2004 Paralympic Gold Medalist Duan Yifeng]. Hebei Daily (in Chinese). 2007-05-08.
  3. Asian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  4. Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  5. 1998 IAAF World Cup Results. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  6. Chinese Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  7. 7th National Games medallists (in Chinese). jx918. Retrieved on 2013-03-30.
  8. "Qifeng Duan". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
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