Xue Changrui Explained

Birth Date:1991 5, df=yes
Sport:Track and field
Event:Pole vault
Pb:Outdoor 5.82 (2017) NR
Indoor 5.82 (2016)

Xue Changrui (; born 31 May 1991) is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the pole vault. His personal best is 5.82 m.[1] He was the champion at the Asian Athletics Championships in 2013 and at the Asian Games in 2014.

Career

Born in Shandong Province,[2] he originally started out in the long jump and set a best of 7.15 metres at the age of seventeen. He emerged as a pole vaulter in 2011 and after competing on the Chinese Athletics Grand Prix circuit he finished third at the Chinese Athletics Championships with a vault of 5.30 m. He gradually improved in 2012,[3] winning the national Tianjin meet with a clearance of 5.40 m before finishing as runner-up to Yang Yansheng (another Shandong vaulter) at the national championships with a personal best of 5.60 m.[4]

Xue began to establish himself as an elite level vaulter in 2013. Competing abroad for the first time, he achieved a best of 5.75 m in Nevers, France.[2] He was second at the nationals in May but won the Chinese Grand Prix Final with a vault of 5.65 m (an outdoor best).[3] At the 2013 Asian Athletics Championships the conditions for jumping were poor but he dominated the competition, winning the gold medal with 5.60 m, 40 centimetres ahead of runner-up Lu Yao.[5]

On January 19, 2014, at the International Indoor Track and Field Games in New Orleans, France, Xue Changrui won the runner-up in the pole vault with a score of 5.70 meters.[6] On February 5, at the indoor competition in Dijon, France, Xue Changrui won the pole vault championship with a score of 5.75 meters.[7] On May 18, Xue Changrui won the third place in the pole vault with 5.62 meters in the IAAF Diamond League Shanghai Station.[8] On May 21, Xue Changrui won the championship with a jump of 5.80 meters at the IAAF World Athletics Challenge Beijing Station, and broke the Chinese outdoor men's pole vault record of 5.75 meters held by Yang Yansheng.[9] On September 15, at the IAAF Continental Cup held in Marrakech, Xue Changrui won the men's pole vault silver medal with a score of 5.65 meters.[10] On September 28, in the men's pole vault competition of the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Xue Changrui won the pole vault championship with a score of 5.55 meters.[11]

On May 20, 2015, at the Beijing Station of the World Athletics Challenge held at the Bird's Nest in Beijing, Xue Changrui won the pole vault championship with a time of 5.40 meters.[12]

On January 16, 2016, at the Indoor Pole Vault Classic held in Orleans, France, Xue Changrui won the championship with a score of 5.81 meters and broke the national indoor pole vault record of 5.80 meters held by Yang Yansheng.[13] On June 15, at an international track and field event in Nancy, France, Xue Changrui won the pole vault championship with a score of 5.75 meters.[14] In August, in the men's pole vault final of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Xue Changrui finished sixth with 5.65 meters.[15]

He finished fourth at the 2017 World Championships in London, jumping a Chinese record of 5.82 m.[16]

Competition record

Representing
2013Asian ChampionshipsPune, Indiabgcolor=gold1st5.60 m
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia12th 5.50 m
2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland5th 5.75 m
Asian GamesIncheon, South Koreabgcolor=gold1st5.55 m
Continental CupMarrakech, Moroccobgcolor=silver2nd5.65 m1
2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil6th 5.65 m
2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom4th 5.82 m
2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom11th 5.60 m
1Representing Asia

Notes and References

  1. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/pr-of-china/changrui-xue-273267 Profile page on IAAF website
  2. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/micro-reading/sports/2013-02-25/content_8340808.html 撑竿跳精英赛杨雁盛摘金薛长锐5.75米A标
  3. https://archive.today/20130714223411/http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atm.php?ID=97544&Season=2008&Odd=0 Xue Changrui
  4. Jalava, Mirko (26 September 2012). Chinese championships close out domestic season well. IAAF. Retrieved on 14 July 2013.
  5. http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/bahrains-eshete-sets-10000m-championship-reco Eshete sets 10,000m championship record at Asian Championships
  6. Web site: 法国新奥尔良室内田径赛：波兰选手夺男子撑竿跳冠军 . Indoor track and field competition in New Orleans, France: Polish athlete wins men's pole vault championship . 2024-03-13 . sports.sina.com.cn . 来自中国的辽宁全运会冠军薛长锐也有出色表现，以5.70米的个人第2个最好成绩获得亚军。 . Liaoning National Games champion Xue Changrui from China also performed well, finishing second with a personal best of 5.70 meters..
  7. Web site: 中国体育报：撑竿跳世界纪录对中国的启示 . China Sports News: Pole vault world record’s inspiration to China . 2024-03-13 . sports.sina.com.cn . 薛长锐今年也在第戎和尼斯的两站室内比赛连续跳出5.75米和5.76米，获得一冠一亚，成绩创造了个人最佳。 . Xue Changrui also jumped 5.75 meters and 5.76 meters in two indoor competitions in Dijon and Nice this year, winning one championship and one second place, setting a personal best..
  8. Web site: 2014年国际田联钻石联赛上海站 . 2014 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai Station . 2024-03-13 . sports.sina.com.cn . 男子撑杆跳选手薛长锐以5米62获得第三。 . Men's pole vaulter Xue Changrui finished third with 5.62 meters..
  9. Web site: 中国田径井喷式集团进步 薛长锐：见证并参与成长 . China's track and field group's explosive progress Xue Changrui: Witness and participate in the growth . 2024-03-13 . sports.sina.com.cn . 2014年国际田联世界田径挑战赛北京站在国家体育场落下帷幕，90后撑杆跳高选手薛长锐越过5米80的高度，打破杨雁盛在四年前创造的5米75的全国纪录。 . The 2014 IAAF World Athletics Challenge Beijing came to an end at the National Stadium. Xue Changrui, a pole vaulter born in the 1990s, crossed a height of 5.80 meters, breaking the national record of 5.75 meters set by Yang Yansheng four years ago..
  10. Web site: 国际田联洲际杯赛：薛长锐摘银 巩立姣第三_体育_腾讯网 . IAAF Continental Cup: Xue Changrui wins silver, Gong Lijiao third . 2024-03-13 . sports.qq.com . 23岁的薛长锐以5米65的成绩获得男子撑杆跳高银牌 . 23-year-old Xue Changrui won the silver medal in the men's pole vault with a score of 5.65 meters.
  11. Web site: 薛长锐：克服杂念战胜自己 今天赢得非常过瘾 . Xue Changrui: Overcome distracting thoughts and defeat yourself. Winning today is very enjoyable. . 2024-03-13 . sports.qq.com . 今天晚上，2014年仁川亚运会男子撑杆跳高比赛中,中国选手薛长锐以5米55的成绩夺得冠军 . Tonight, in the men's pole vault competition of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, Chinese player Xue Changrui won the championship with a score of 5.55 meters..
  12. Web site: 2015鸟巢挑战赛中国收获三项冠军 . China wins three championships in 2015 Bird's Nest Challenge . 2024-03-13 . www.sport.gov.cn . 在男子撑杆跳高比赛中，山东选手薛长锐、哈萨克斯坦选手费利佩以及德国选手比利亚的成绩都是５米４０，薛长锐一次成功获得冠军，费利佩第二跳成功获得亚军。 . In the men's pole vault competition, Shandong's Xue Changrui, Kazakhstan's Felipe and Germany's Villa all scored 5.40 meters. Xue Changrui won the championship in the first jump and Felipe won the runner-up in the second jump..
  13. Web site: 薛长锐5米81打破撑竿跳全国纪录 里约奥运看他的 . Xue Changrui broke the national pole vault record with 5.81 meters. Watch him at the Rio Olympics. . 2024-03-13 . sports.sina.com.cn . 北京时间1月16日晚，在法国奥尔良进行的室内撑杆跳精英赛上传来好消息，中国选手薛长锐以5米81的成绩获得本赛事冠军，并且打破了杨雁盛保持的5米80的全国室内撑杆跳纪录！ . On the evening of January 16th, Beijing time, good news came from the indoor pole vault elite competition held in Orleans, France. Chinese player Xue Changrui won the championship with a score of 5.81 meters, and broke the national indoor indoor record of 5.80 meters held by Yang Yansheng. Pole vault record!.
  14. Web site: 2016-06-15 . 薛长锐夺今年室外赛首冠 成绩在伦敦奥运进前四 . Xue Changrui won his first outdoor championship this year and ranked among the top four in the London Olympics . 2024-03-13 . sports.sina.com.cn . 北京时间6月15日，在法国南锡进行的一场国际田径赛事中，中国男子撑杆跳选手薛长锐发挥出色，以5米75的成绩获得冠军。 . On June 15th, Beijing time, in an international track and field event held in Nancy, France, Chinese men's pole vaulter Xue Changrui performed well and won the championship with a score of 5.75 meters..
  15. Web site: 薛长锐父母观赛扶额不语 . Xue Changrui's parents watched the game and held their foreheads in silence. . 2024-03-13 . sports.163.com . 2016年08月16日，济南市，里约奥运会男子撑杆跳的决赛中，山东籍奥运选手薛长锐冲击5.85米失败，以5.65米获得第六名。 . On August 16, 2016, Jinan City, in the men's pole vault final of the Rio Olympic Games, Shandong Olympic player Xue Changrui failed to hit 5.85 meters and finished sixth with 5.65 meters..
  16. Web site: IAAF: Report: men's pole vault final – IAAF World Championships London 2017 News iaaf.org. iaaf.org. 28 October 2017.

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