Wang Wenbo
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Paralympic athletics | ||
Representing China | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
2008 Beijing | Discus Throw – F35/36 | |
2012 London | Discus Throw - F35/36 |
Wang Wenbo (Chinese: 王文波; pinyin: Wáng Wénbō; born 2 February 1969) is a Paralympic athlete from China. He competes in standing throwing events, in the F36 classification for athletes with cerebral palsy.
At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, competing in a combined F35/36 discus event, he set a world record for F36 classified athletes but still only won a silver medal.[1] He also competed in javelin and shot put.[2] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he won bronze in the F35/36 discus event.[2]
His 2008 discus world record still stands as of January 2013.[3]
References
- ^ "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games - Athletics - Men's Discus F35/36". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Athlete Search Results: Wang Wenbo". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ "IPC Athletics World Records". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
Categories:
- 1969 births
- Paralympic athletes of China
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic silver medalists for China
- Living people
- Chinese male javelin throwers
- Chinese male discus throwers
- World record holders in Paralympic athletics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic bronze medalists for China
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- 21st-century Chinese people
- Chinese athletics biography stubs
- Chinese Paralympic medalist stubs