Native Name: | 胡祖榮 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Occupation: | Sports administrator |
Country: | China |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Pole vault |
Hu Zurong (Chinese: c=胡祖榮|p=Hú Zǔ-róng; born) is a male Chinese athlete and sports administrator. Hu broke national records in pole vaulting, and held the national record for over 10 years.[1]
Hu Zurong graduated from the Class of 1960 at Nanyang Model High School, Shanghai, China. He won gold in pole vault for athletics at the 1963 GANEFO,[2] and bronze in pole vault for athletics at the 1966 GANEFO.[3] He was national champion in pole vault at the 1965 National Championships of the People's Republic of China.[4] In 1971, during training, he injured both his legs and became paralyzed. He authored the books "Physical Training: 1400 Examples" (身體訓練1400例) and "Pole Vault" (撐竿跳高).[5] He was awarded an honorary medal for physical culture and sports in 1980.[6] Later, in the 1980s, he became vice president of the Chinese Paralympic Sports Association.[7] [8]