Teng Zhiqiang | |
Native Name: | 滕志强 |
Nationality: | Chinese |
Birth Place: | Mayang, Hunan[1] |
Height: | 1.84 m[2] |
Weight: | 80 kg |
Sport: | Canoe slalom |
Event: | C1, C2 |
Retired: | 2013 |
S: | 滕志强 |
T: | 滕志强 |
P: | Téng Zhì Qiáng |
Teng Zhiqiang (; born October 26, 1991, in Gaocun, Mayang, Hunan[1]) is a Chinese male slalom canoeist[3] who competed at the international level from 2005 to 2013.[4]
He won a gold medal in the C1 event at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.[5] Teng became the first person from Mayang to win gold at the Asian Games,[1] as well as the first person to win a canoe slalom event at the Asian Games.[3] He also won gold in the C1 event at the 2010 Asian Championships in Xiasi[6] and the 2013 National Games in Guangzhou.[7]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the C1 event where he finished in 12th place after being eliminated in the semifinals.[8]
Teng was born in Chetou (Chinese: 车头村), Gaocun (Chinese: 高村镇), Mayang. He was a good swimmer in his childhood. In 2002 he joined the Heyuan Water Sports Center where he was coached by Sui Hongjun.
1 Asian Canoe Slalom Championship counting for World Cup points