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Born | 27 August 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 15 September 2015. |
Wang Jianan (Chinese: 王嘉男; born 27 August 1996) is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the long jump.
He competed in a heptathlon and a decathlon in 2012 but showed his aptitude for the long jump by winning at the Chinese Athletics Championships. One month after turning sixteen he jumped a personal best of 8.04 m to claim the national title.
He quickly rose to the top of the regional scene with a gold medal win at the 2013 Asian Athletics Championships.