Wang Kaihua (born 16 February 1994) is a Chinese male

racewalking Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

athlete. He has represented his country at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships in 2016, where he helped China to the team gold, and at the

2017 World Championships in Athletics The 2017 IAAF World Championships, the sixteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 4 to 13 August at London Stadium in London, United Kingdom. London was officially awarded the championships on 11 November 2011. Bidding p ...

, where he finished in seventh place. Born in

Lanzhou Lanzhou is the capital and largest city of Gansu province in northwestern China. Located on the banks of the Yellow River, it is a key regional transportation hub, connecting areas further west by rail to the eastern half of the country. His ...

, he took part in racewalking competitions as a youth and participated at the

2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics The 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics were the seventh edition of the World Youth Championships in Athletics. They were held in Lille Métropole, France, with stadium-based events at Stadium Lille Métropole in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, on 6� ...

. He is coached by Italian Sandro Damilano. Moving into the senior ranks, he began to establish himself at the Taicang Race Walking Challenge, placing second to Chen Ding. Wang was ranked the number one in the world over the

20 kilometres race walk The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight ...

distance in the 2017 season, having set a personal best of 1:17:54 hours to win at the Chinese National Grand Prix. This moved him into the top five all time fastest Chinese at the event.Wu, Vincent (2017-05-05)
Niu clocks 50km race walk world lead at Chinese Grand Prix in Huangshang
IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Kaihua Living people 1994 births Chinese male race walkers World Athletics Championships athletes for China Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for China 21st-century Chinese sportsmen Asian Athletics Championships medalists