Si Tianfeng

Si Tianfeng (Chinese: 司天峰, Sī Tiānfēng, born June 17, 1984, in Xintai, Shandong) is a Chinese race walker. He represented China at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing 17th.[1] He also competed in the 50 km walk at the 2009 Chinese National Games and won the bronze medal. Si set a Games record to take the gold medal in the 50 km walk at the 2010 Asian Games.[2] He was fourth at the World Race Walking Cup that year.[3]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Si.
Si Tianfeng
Si at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Born (1984-06-17) June 17, 1984
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country China
SportAthletics
Event(s)50km Race Walk
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2012 London50 km walk
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2011 Daegu50 km walk
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2010 Guangzhou50 km walk

He won the Taicang meet on the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in April 2011, but came fourth that was retrospectively upgraded to bronze after the original gold medalist was caught doping at the World Championships that year.[3][4]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's 50 km race walk, in a personal best of 3:37:16.[1][3] In May 2012, he also won bronze at the World Racing Cup in Saransk retrospectively upgraded to silver medal after the original gold medalist was disqualified for doping.[3]

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  China
2006 World Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain 20th 50 km 3:57:54
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 17th 50 km 3:52:58
2010 World Race Walking Cup Chihuahua, Mexico 4th 50 km 3:55:06
Asian Games Guangzhou, China 1st 50 km 3:47:04
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 3rd 50 km 3:44:40
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 2nd 50 km 3:43:05
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 2nd 50 km 3:37:16

See also

References
  1. "Si Tianfeng Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  2. Ogunode and Fukushima complete doubles in Guangzhou - Asian Games, Day 5. IAAF (2010-11-26). Retrieved on 2011-04-24.
  3. "IAAF: Athlete profile for Tianfeng Si". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  4. Wu, Junkuan (2011-04-24). China eyes race walking gold in Daegu worlds Archived 2012-11-07 at the Wayback Machine. Xinhua. Retrieved on 2011-04-24.


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