Su Bingtian

Su Bingtian

Su at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1989-08-29) 29 August 1989 (age 27) Zhongshan, China
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100m, 4 × 100m relay
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m – 9.99 (2015)
Medal record World Championships 2015 Beijing 4×100 m relay Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou 4×100 m relay Asian Championships 2011 Kobe 100 m 2013 Pune 100 m 2015 Wuhan 4×100 m relay Universiade 2011 Shenzhen 100 m Asian Indoor Games 2009 Hanoi 60 m East Asian Games 2009 Hong Kong 100 m

Su Bingtian (simplified Chinese: 苏炳添; traditional Chinese: 蘇炳添; pinyin: Sū Bǐngtiān, born 29 August 1989) is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the sprints. He is the reigning Asian champion over 100 metres, was a semi-finalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics and a finalist at the 2015 World Championships.

Su holds Asian record in the 60 metres (6.50 seconds) and 100 meters (9.99 seconds). He is the only man of Asian descent to run the 100m in under 10 seconds. He has also won medals at the Summer Universiade and the Asian Games.

He broke onto the continental scene with three straight wins in the 100 metres on the Asian Grand Prix in May 2009. His first medal came in the 4×100 metres relay at the 11th Chinese Games later that year, where he helped the Guangdong team including Liang Jiahong and Wen Yongyi to the gold medal.

He also began representing China internationally that year and shortly after the national games he won the gold medal over 60 metres at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games, running a personal best of 6.65 seconds. He was selected for the relay at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships and won a silver medal alongside Guo Fan, Liang Jiahong and Zhang Peimeng. He took the individual 100 m title at the East Asian Games, defeating Japanese rival Shintaro Kimura.