| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Xu Xiaolong | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1992-12-20)20 December 1992 (age 32) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Zhejiang University | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personalbest | Triple jump: 16.93 (2015) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 29 August 2015 | |||||||||||||||
Xu Xiaolong (Chinese:徐小龙;pinyin:Xú Xiǎolóng; born 20 December 1992) is a Chinese triple jumper.[1] He won a bronze medal at the2015 Summer Universiade inGwangju,South Korea, and eventually represented his nationChina at the2016 Summer Olympics, finishing eleventh in the final round of themen's triple jump.[2]
Xu competed for the Chinese squad, alongside his teammatesCao Shuo andDong Bin, in themen's triple jump at the2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Leading up his maiden Games, he popped an outdoor personal best of 16.93 m to surpass the IAAF Olympic entry standard (16.85) by an eight-centimetre margin at the National Grand Prix inTaiyuan.[3][4] Xu managed to leap a distance of 16.41 m on his initial attempt to round out the field of twelve finalists in penultimate position, just 24 centimetres shy of his season best (16.65) that he set earlier during the qualifying phase.[5]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing | |||||
| 2015 | Asian Championships | Wuhan, China | 5th | Triple jump | 16.59 m |
| Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | 3rd | Triple jump | 16.76 m | |
| World Championships | Beijing, China | 24th (q) | Triple jump | 16.19 m | |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 11th | Triple jump | 16.41 m |
| 2019 | Asian Championships | Doha, Qatar | 3rd | Triple jump | 16.81 m |
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