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, China , website = , coach = , coaching = , agent = , turnedpro = , education = , collegeteam = , height = , weight = , nationals = , medaltemplates = , updated = 4 April 2024 Liu Dezhu ( zh, 刘德助; born 16 September 2000) is a Chinese

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to . The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distanc ...

specializing in the

. In 2024, he set the Chinese short track national record in the 800 m with a time of 1:46.63. He also won a bronze medal in the 1500 m at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships.

Career

Dezhu first represented China at the 2017 Asian Indoor Games, advancing to the semifinals but not qualifying for the final. After several podium finishes, he would win his first

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title in 2021 in the

. At the

2021 National Games of China The 14th National Games of China (中华人民共和国第十四届运动会), branded as Shaanxi 2021 (陕西2021), was a multi-sports event held throughout Shaanxi from 15 to 27 September 2021 (though some events took place before the Games st ...

, Dezhu won bronze medals in the 800 m and 1500 m. In 2023, Dezhu won a bronze medal in the 1500 m and finished 4th in the 800 m at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships. He also finished 7th in the World University Games 1500 m that year, as well as finishing 5th and 6th in that year's Asian Games 800 m and

1500 m The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilometer ...

respectively. In March 2024, Dezhu set a short track (indoor) Chinese national record in the 800 m, running 1:46.63 at the Chinese Indoor GP Series III in

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Personal life

Dezhu was born to a poor rural family in

, China. He trained as much as per day and in 2016 he was selected for the Guangxi regional athletics team. One year later, he was named to the national team and shortly after began training in

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. He studies at Central China Normal University.

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