Dong Bin

Dong Bin

Dong Bin at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1988-11-22) November 22, 1988 (age 36)
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Athletics
Event	Triple jump
Medal record Men's athletics Representing China Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Triple jump World Indoor Championships 2016 Portland Triple jump Asian Indoor Championships 2010 Tehran Triple jump 2012 Hangzhou Triple jump

Dong Bin (Chinese: 董斌; born 22 November 1988) is a Chinese track and field athlete who specialises in the triple jump. He is a two-time gold medallist at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and has a personal best of 17.58 metres, which he set winning the bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics. In 2016 he won the World Indoor Championship.

His indoor best of 17.33 m is an Asian and Chinese indoor record. He also represented China at the 2012 Olympics, came fifth at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships and was a finalist at the Summer Universiade in both 2009 and 2011.

Career

Born in Changsha, he first represented China internationally at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Beijing, where he finished eighth in his qualifying group. He made progress into the senior ranks in 2008, when finished as runner-up at the Chinese Athletics Championships with a personal best of 16.54 m. In the 2009 indoor season, he improved this to 16.89 m on the Chinese Athletics Grand Prix circuit.^[1] He represented his province (Hunan) at the 2009 National Games of China and came sixth.

His first major success in the senior ranks came at the 2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, where his jump of 16.73 m was a championship record and brought him the gold medal.^[2] He set an outdoor personal best of 16.86 m that year and placed third at the national championships.^[3] He broke the Chinese indoor record in February 2011, clearing 17.01 m and matched his outdoor best in April.^[4] Dong and Li Yanxi were the Chinese entrants at that year's 2011 Asian Athletics Championships, but while Li took the silver Dong only managed fifth place with 16.36 m.^[5] Just over a week later he jumped 17.05 m, albeit wind-aided (+2.1 m/s).^[3]

He defended his title at the 2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships with a championship and national record of 17.01 m, although he narrowly saw off Chinese rival Cao Shuo, who jumped the same distance but had a shorter second-best jump.^[6] In his first appearance on the global senior stage he finished eighth at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Outdoors, a big improvement to 17.38 m in April earned him a place at the London Olympics and he reached tenth in the Olympic triple jump final – the best performance by an Asian athlete.^[7][8]

In Nanjing in March 2013 he broke Oleg Sakirkin's 20-year-old Asian indoor record with a jump of 17.16 m.^[9] That year, he also reached the final of the World Championship.^[10]

His performance at the 2015 World Championships was less good, failing to make the final at a home World Championships.^[10]

He began 2016 well, setting a new area and national record indoor in February at the Chinese National Indoor Grand Prix, before going on winning the World Indoor Championship in March.^[10][11] He then set a new outdoor personal best on the way to winning the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[11]

Personal bests

• Long jump: 7.09 metres (2007)
• Triple jump (outdoor): 17.58 metres (2016)
• Triple jump (indoor): 17.41 metres (2016) AR

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  China
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	14th (q)	15.60 m (+0.1 m/s)
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	11th	16.26 m
2010	Asian Indoor Championships	Tehran, Iran	1st	16.73 m
2011	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	5th	16.36 m
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	8th	16.32 m
2012	Asian Indoor Championships	Hangzhou, China	1st	17.01 m (=iNR)
	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	8th	16.75 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	10th	16.75 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	9th	16.73 m
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	2nd	16.95 m
2015	Asian Championships	Wuhan, China	4th	16.65 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	18th (q)	16.44 m
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	1st	17.33 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd	17.58 m
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	8th	16.84 m

References

1. Jalava, Mirko (2009-02-20). Fast sprinting in China as indoor season continues. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-13.
2. Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2010-02-27). Asian Indoor Championships close. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-16.
3. Dong Bin Archived 2020-03-16 at the Wayback Machine. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-03-16.
4. Jalava, Mirko (2011-04-25). Strong start for Chinese throwers in Zhaoging. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-16.
5. 2011 Asian Championships Men Triple Jump. JAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-16.
6. Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2012-02-19). Barshim soars 2.37m Asian record in Hangzhou as Asian Indoor champs conclude. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-16.
7. Bin Dong Archive index at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-16.
8. Jalava, Mirko (2012-04-16). World Discus champion Li Yanfeng opens well; Asian Javelin Throw record falls in Zhaoqing. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-16.
9. Jalava, Mirko (2013-03-07). Dong Bin leads the way as indoor records tumble in Nanjing. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
10. "IAAF: Dong Bin leaps Asian indoor triple jump record of 17.41m in Nanjing| News | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
11. "IAAF: Bin Dong | Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2017-10-07.

External links

• Dong Bin at World Athletics