Si Tianfeng Explained

Birth Date:17 June 1984
Weight:600NaN0
Sport:Athletics
Event:50km Race Walk

Si Tianfeng (Sī Tiānfēng, born June 17, 1984, in Xintai, Shandong) is a Chinese race walker. He represented China at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing 17th.[1] He also competed in the 50 km walk at the 2009 Chinese National Games and won the bronze medal. Si set a Games record to take the gold medal in the 50 km walk at the 2010 Asian Games.[2] He was fourth at the World Race Walking Cup that year.[3]

He won the Taicang meet on the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in April 2011, but came fourth that was retrospectively upgraded to bronze after the original gold medalist was caught doping at the World Championships that year.[4]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's 50 km race walk, in a personal best of 3:37:16. In May 2012, he also won bronze at the World Racing Cup in Saransk retrospectively upgraded to silver medal after the original gold medalist was disqualified for doping.

Achievements

Representing
2006World Race Walking CupA Coruña, Spain20th50 km3:57:54
2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China17th50 km3:52:58
2010World Race Walking CupChihuahua, Mexico4th50 km3:55:06
Asian GamesGuangzhou, Chinabgcolor=gold1st50 km3:47:04
2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea3rd50 km3:44:40
2012World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia2nd50 km3:43:05
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom2nd50 km3:37:16

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Si Tianfeng Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173416/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/si-tianfeng-1.html. dead. 2020-04-17. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. 2015-08-15.
  2. http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58819.html Ogunode and Fukushima complete doubles in Guangzhou - Asian Games, Day 5
  3. Web site: IAAF: Athlete profile for Tianfeng Si. iaaf.org. 2015-08-15.
  4. Wu, Junkuan (2011-04-24). China eyes race walking gold in Daegu worlds . Xinhua. Retrieved on 2011-04-24.