Duan Qifeng

Duan Qifeng
Personal information
Born (1973-01-20) January 20, 1973
Handan, Hebei, China
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  China
Asian Athletics Championships
1998 Fukuoka Triple jump
Asian Games
1998 Bangkok Triple jump
Paralympic Games
2004 Athens Triple jump (F12)
2004 Athens 4 × 100 m relay (T12)
2004 Athens Long jump (F12)

Duan Qifeng (Chinese: 段岐峰, born 20 January 1973) is a Chinese male former track and field athlete who specialized in the triple jump. He set a lifetime best of 17.05 m (55 ft 11​1⁄4 in) in 1998, which ranked him 20th in the world that year.[1]

Duan has had a vision impairment since a very young age, which allowed him to also compete in the Paralympics in category T12/F12 events.[2]

Career

His international career flourished in 1998, when he was gold medallist at the 1998 Asian Athletics Championships,[3] silver medallist behind Sergey Arzamasov at the 1998 Asian Games,[4] and a representative for Asia at the 1998 IAAF World Cup.[5]

In the 1998 season he won the national title at the Chinese Athletics Championships with a mark of 17.05 m (55 ft 11​1⁄4 in) – the first athlete to jump over seventeen metres at the competition in eight years.[6] He had been runner-up at the Chinese National Games for his native Hebei previously, finishing second to Zou Sixin in 1993 and Lao Jianfeng in 1997.[7]

Duan Qifeng also competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics where he won three medals. He won gold in the F12 triple jump and a bronze in the F12 long jump, he was also part of the gold medal winning Chinese 4 × 100 m relay team.[8]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
1992 World Junior Championships Seoul, South Korea 8th Triple jump 15.78 m
1998 Asian Championships Fukuoka, Japan 1st Triple jump 16.79 m
World Cup Johannesburg, South Africa 8th Triple jump 14.09 m
Asian Games Bangkok, Thailand 2nd Triple jump 16.98 m
2004Summer ParalympicsAthens, Greece 1st Triple jump F12 15.30 m
1st 4 × 100 m relay T12 43.16
3rd Long jump F12 7.00 m

National titles

References

  1. ↑ Duan Qifeng. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  2. ↑ "近访2004年残奥会金牌得主段岐峰" [An Interview with 2004 Paralympic Gold Medalist Duan Yifeng]. Hebei Daily (in Chinese). 2007-05-08.
  3. ↑ Asian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  4. ↑ Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  5. ↑ 1998 IAAF World Cup Results. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  6. ↑ Chinese Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  7. ↑ 7th National Games medallists (in Chinese). jx918. Retrieved on 2013-03-30.
  8. ↑ Duan Qifeng's profile from the International Paralympic Committee
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