Wang Na (racewalker)

Wang Na (Chinese: 王娜; born 29 May 1995) is a Chinese female racewalking athlete.

Wang's first international success came at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics where she was the 10,000 m walk runner-up to Czech athlete Anežka Drahotová.[1]

Senior success followed at the 2017 Asian Race Walking Championships, which she won over two minutes clear of the runner-up Kumiko Okada.[2] On the circuit that year she was third at the Taicang Race Walking Challenge and runner-up to Lü Xiuzhi at the Chinese National Race Walking Grand Prix.[3][4] She placed eighth at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.

International competitions
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 2nd 10,000 m walk 44:02.64
2017 Asian Race Walking Championships Nomi, Japan 1st 20 km walk 1:30:51
World Championships London, United Kingdom 8th 20 km walk 1:29:26

References
  1. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2014-07-23). Report: women's 10,000m race walk – IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014 . IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  2. Ramsak, Bob (2017-03-17). Kim and Wang dominate Asian 20km Race Walking Championships in Nomi. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  3. Wu, Vincent (2017-04-15). Lu and Bonfim win Taicang Race Walk Challenge titles . IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  4. Wu, Vincent (2017-03-05). Niu clocks 50km race walk world lead at Chinese Grand Prix in Huangshang . IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.

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