Dong Bin (; born 22 November 1988) is a Chinese

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athlete who specialises in the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

. He is a two-time

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list at the

Asian Indoor Athletics Championships The Asian Indoor Athletics Championships were held for the first time in 2004. Run by the Asian Athletics Association, the championships take place biennially in different cities all over Asia.2016 Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

. In 2016 he won the World Indoor Championship. His indoor best of 17.33 m is an Asian and Chinese indoor record. He also represented China at the

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, came fifth at the

2011 Asian Athletics Championships The 19th Asian Athletics Championships were held in Kobe, Japan between July 7–10, 2011 at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium. The tournament had 507 athletes from forty Asian nations competing in the 42 track and field events over the four- ...

and was a finalist at the

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in both 2009 and 2011.

Career

Born in

Changsha Changsha is the capital of Hunan, China. It is the 15th most populous city in China with a population of 10,513,100, the Central China#Cities with urban area over one million in population, third-most populous city in Central China, and the ...

, he first represented China internationally at the

2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2006 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held from 15 August to 20 August at the Chaoyang Sports Centre in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China ...

held in

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, 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 The Chinese Athletics Championships ( zh, 全国田径锦标赛) is an annual track and field competition which serves as the national championship for the People's Republic of China. It is organised by Chinese Athletic Association, China's nation ...

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. He represented his province (

Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...

) at the

2009 National Games of China The 11th National Games of China were held in various cities in Shandong from October 16 to October 28, 2009. Represented were 33 sports, 43 disciplines and 362 events, including 4 winter sports which were held in Shenyang, Changchun and Qingdao ...

and came sixth. His first major success in the senior ranks came at the

2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships The 2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, also known as the IV Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, was an international indoor athletics event took place in Tehran, Iran, between 24 and 26 February. This was the second edition to be hosted ...

, where his jump of 16.73 m was a championship record and brought him the gold medal. He set an outdoor personal best of 16.86 m that year and placed third at the national championships.Dong Bin
. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-03-16. He broke the Chinese indoor record in February 2011, clearing 17.01 m and matched his outdoor best in April. Dong and

Li Yanxi Li Yanxi (; born June 26, 1984, in Shijiazhuang, Hebei) is a Chinese triple jumper. He won the silver medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships, finished fourth at the 2006 IAAF World Cup and won the 2006 Asian Games. His personal best ...

were the Chinese entrants at that year's

, but while Li took the silver Dong only managed fifth place with 16.36 m. Just over a week later he jumped 17.05 m, albeit wind-aided (+2.1 m/s). He defended his title at the

2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships The 2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships was the fifth edition of the international indoor athletics (sport), athletics event between Asian nations. It took place at the Vocational and Technical College Athletics Hall in Hangzhou, China, betw ...

with a championship and national record of 17.01 m, although he narrowly saw off Chinese rival

Cao Shuo Cao Shuo (born October 8, 1991) is a Chinese track and field athlete who specialises in the triple jump. He was born in Hebei.* His personal bests were both set in 2012, outdoors, his personal best is 17.35 m, while his indoor personal best is 1 ...

, who jumped the same distance but had a shorter second-best jump. In his first appearance on the global senior stage he finished eighth at the

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. Outdoors, a big improvement to 17.38 m in April earned him a place at the

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and he reached tenth in the Olympic triple jump final – the best performance by an Asian athlete.Bin Dong
. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-16. In

Nanjing Nanjing or Nanking is the capital of Jiangsu, a province in East China. The city, which is located in the southwestern corner of the province, has 11 districts, an administrative area of , and a population of 9,423,400. Situated in the Yang ...

in March 2013 he broke

Oleg Sakirkin Oleg Evgyenevich Sakirkin (; 23 January 1966 – 18 March 2015) was a triple jumper from Shymkent, Ongutsik Qazaqstan, who represented the USSR and later Kazakhstan. His greatest achievement came in 1987 when he won the World Championship b ...

's 20-year-old Asian indoor record with a jump of 17.16 m.Jalava, Mirko (2013-03-07)
Dong Bin leads the way as indoor records tumble in Nanjing
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-17. That year, he also reached the final of the

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. His performance at the 2015 World Championships was less good, failing to make the final at a home World Championships. 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. He then set a new outdoor personal best on the way to winning the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Personal bests

Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

: 7.09 metres (2007) *

Triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

(outdoor): 17.58 metres (2016) *Triple jump (indoor): 17.41 metres (2016) AR

Competition record

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dong, Bin Living people 1988 births Chinese male triple jumpers Sportspeople from Changsha Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for China Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes from Hunan World Athletics Championships athletes for China Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for China Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games silver medalists for China Olympic male triple jumpers Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners Asian Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)