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Wang Shizhu

b. 1989

Chinese hammer thrower

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About Wang Shizhu

Born 1989. Wang Shizhu is a Chinese athletics competitor.

Wang Shizhu (; born 20 February 1989) is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the hammer throw. He has a personal best of for the event, which ranks him second among Chinese men after national record holder Bi Zhong. He was the silver medallist at the 2014 Asian Games and won the National Games of China title in 2013.

Career Raised in Liaoning, Wang took part in hammer throw from a young age and was the winner of the 2006 Chinese youth championship. He threw beyond sixty metres with the senior implement for the first time in 2007 and improved to the year after, placing seventh at the Chinese Athletics Championships. His gradual improvement continued into 2009, with a new best of coming at the 11th Chinese Games which was enough for sixth place. He bettered his national placing by one spot in 2010 and in 2011 he marked himself among the nations best throwers with a mark of .

Wang was runner-up to Qi Dakai at the 2012 Chinese Championships. That year he had two wins on the Chinese Athletics Grand Prix circuit and was runner-up at the national university games. Out of competition, Wang received a public warning in June after a positive test for hydrochlorothiazide (a banned diuretic but a minor infraction of the doping code). He was runner-up at the National Grand Prix Final in July and took that same position at the 2014 Asian Games, finishing behind Tajikistan's Dilshod Nazarov.

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Who is Wang Shizhu?

Chinese hammer thrower

When was Wang Shizhu born?

Wang Shizhu was born on 20 February 1989.

What is Wang Shizhu's occupation?

Wang Shizhu is an athletics competitor.

What nationality is Wang Shizhu?

Wang Shizhu is Chinese.

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· Wikipedia: Wang Shizhu

· Wikidata: Q18201788

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