Zhang Wei (pole vaulter)
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| Men's athletics | ||
Representing  China
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| Asian Athletics Championships | ||
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2015 Wuhan | Pole vault |
| Asian Indoor Athletics Championships | ||
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2012 Hangzhou | Pole vault |
Zhang Wei (Chinese: 张伟; born 22 March 1994) is a Chinese male track and field athlete who competes in the pole vault. He has a personal best of 5.62 m (18 ft 5 1⁄4 in), set indoors in 2013. He was a silver medallist at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in 2012 and won the regional title at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships.
Zhang was born in the province of Shandong on the east Coast of China. He first came to prominence nationally with a win at the Chinese youth championships in 2010. He proceeded to win the Chinese junior championships and the China City Games title the following year. A best of 5.30 m (17 ft 4 1⁄2 in) came as part of a fourth-place finish at the Chinese Athletics Championships. He competed abroad for the first time in 2012 and managed a new best of 5.44 m (17 ft 10 in) indoors in Villeurbanne. This served a preparation for the 2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, where the 17-year-old was runner-up behind his older compatriot (and national record holder) Yang Yansheng. Another indoor best of 5.45 m (17 ft 10 1⁄2 in) followed at the Chinese Taipei vs. China international match a month later.
In the 2012 outdoor season, he defended his Chinese junior title. A debut on the IAAF Diamond League circuit came shortly after and he managed to finish seventh at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix meet. He had an outright personal best at the Chinese Athletics Grand Prix meeting in his home province in Zibo, winning with a mark of 5.50 m (18 ft 0 1⁄2 in). He became the contenental champion at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships with a championship record height. In spite of this success, he failed to register a valid mark at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics. At the end of the season, he equalled his best to place third at the Chinese Championships, behind Yang and Xue Changrui.
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