Chinese speed climber
Wu Peng (simplified Chinese: 伍鹏; traditional Chinese: 伍鵬; pinyin: Wǔ Péng; born 15 October 2002) is a Chinese competition speed climber. He represented China at the 2024 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the men's speed event.
Career
Wu competed at the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships and finished in sixth place. He finished the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Cup season in second place.[1]
During the first leg of 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai, Wu finished in second place. He had the fastest time of qualifying during his first attempt, finishing in 4.94 seconds.[3] During the second leg of the Olympic Qualifier Series in Budapest, Wu finished in first place with an Asian record time of 4.90 seconds, and just 0.04 seconds shy of tying Sam Watson's world record time.[4]
He finished first overall in the Olympic Qualifier Series rankings and qualified to represent China at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[5][6] During the semifinals of the men's speed event, he defeated world record holder Sam Watson to advance to the final. In the event final, he won a silver medal with a personal best time of 4.77 seconds, finishing 0.02 seconds behind Indonesia's Veddriq Leonardo.[7][8]
Major results
Olympic Games
World championships
World Cup
Asian championships
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