Su Xiongfeng (, born 21 March 1987) is a

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athlete who competes in the

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 ...

. He became the Asian champion at the 2011

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and was the

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list at the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), were a regional multi-sport event held from November 12 to 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (although several events commenced ear ...

. His personal best jump of 8.27 metres is the Asian indoor record. Born in

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, Su became interested in the long jump around 2002 and took part in high school and university competitions. While attending

Huazhong University of Science and Technology The Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST; ) is a public university in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 985, Project 211, and the Double First-Cl ...

, he won the 2007 national universities title. At the 2007

Chinese City Games The China National Youth Games ( is a quadrennial multi-sport event for Chinese athletes under the age of twenty-one. It was first held in 1988 as the China City Games. The competition switched to be held the year before the Summer Olympics in th ...

(China's top junior-level event), he saw off both Zhang Xiaoyi and Li Jinzhe to claim the title with his first ever jump over eight metres (8.07 m). In 2008, he improved his best by a centimetre, recording a jump of 8.08 m at both the Chinese Olympic Trials (where he was runner-up) and the

Shanghai Golden Grand Prix The Shanghai Diamond League is an annual athletics event at the Shanghai Stadium in Shanghai, China, as part of the Diamond League. The meeting was founded as the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix in 2005. The meet assumed its current name in 2010. Fr ...

(where he was China's sole medallist). Due to the scheduling of the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

in Beijing, that year's

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were held late in October and Su won his first national long jump title in the absence of more experienced rivals. He competed at the

2009 Summer Universiade The 2009 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXV Summer Universiade, was celebrated in Belgrade, Serbia from July 1 to 12, 2009. The event has also been organised by a range of co-host cities mostly in Vojvodina (Serbian Autonomous Provin ...

for Huazhong University and came fourth behind

Marcin Starzak Marcin Starzak (born 20 October 1985 in Kraków) is a Polish long jumper. He finished sixth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships in Athletics, 2007 European Indoor Championships and seventh at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 2008 W ...

of Poland. He represented his province for the first time at the

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and although he had his best jump of the season there (8.05 m), it was again only enough for fourth place. The 2010 indoor season saw Su establish himself as one of Asia's best jumpers as he cleared 8.27 m in

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in March, breaking both

Huang Geng Huang Geng (born 10 July 1970) is a retired male long jumper from PR China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the l ...

's 14-year-old Chinese indoor record and Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi's Asian indoor record. This remained the best performance indoors that year and ranked him joint seventh in the world for 2010. Su set an outdoor best of 8.11 m to win at the Osaka Grand Prix. He improved upon this with a jump of 8.17 m at the Chinese Championships to defeat Li Jinzhe and won his second national title. As a result, he was selected to represent China at the

in his home province of Guangdong. Korea's Kim Deok-Hyeon won the competition, but Su took his first major medal with his jump of 8.05 m for the

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. Su won the national indoor championships at the start of 2011 and went on to record an outdoor best of 8.19 m to secure second place behind

Mitchell Watt Mitchell Watt (born 25 March 1988) is an Australian track & field athlete. His main event is the long jump and holds the current Oceania record for the long jump – 8.54m. He was the first ever Australian long jump medalist at a World Champio ...

at the

Diamond League The Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions comprising fifteen invitational athletics meetings. The series sits in the top tier of the World Athletics one-day meet competitions. The inaugural season was ...

meeting in Shanghai. He entered 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- ...

as the regional rankings leader and equalled his year's best jump to win the Asian title ahead of

Supanara Sukhasvasti Supanara Sukhasvasti na Ayudhya (often S.N.A. for the second name; ; RTGS: Suphanara Suksawat Na Ayutthaya, born June 11, 1992, in Chiang Mai) is a Thai long jumper. By winning the gold in the long jump at the 2009 World Youth Championships in ...

.Liu Xiang clocks 13.22 championships in Kobe - Asian champs, final day
IAAF (2011-07-11). Retrieved on 2011-08-15.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Su, Xiongfeng Living people 1987 births Chinese male long jumpers People from Foshan Athletes from Guangdong Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Asian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Chinese sportsmen Asian Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)