Zhao Qinggang is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw.
11 Facts About Zhao Qinggang
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Zhao Qinggang represented his country at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.
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Zhao Qinggang is a two-time Chinese champion and was the winner of the 2013 National Games of China.
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Zhao Qinggang began competing at the national level in 2006 and threw over seventy metres for the first time in 2007.
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Zhao Qinggang placed second at the Olympic trials and third at the Chinese Athletics Championships.
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Zhao Qinggang did not achieve the qualifying standard for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Chen Qi was China's sole representative in the men's javelin.
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Zhao Qinggang continued to improve in the 2009 season, placing second at both the Chinese Championships and the 11th Chinese National Games.
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Zhao Qinggang ended the season with a personal best of 79.62 metres at the 2009 East Asian Games, which brought him the silver medal behind fellow Chinese Qin Qiang.
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Zhao Qinggang made his first IAAF Diamond League appearance, coming sixth at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix meet, but missed the podium at the Chinese Championships, coming fourth.
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Zhao Qinggang threw over eighty metres several times in 2013.
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Zhao Qinggang opened in Australia with a win at the Briggs Athletics Classic and runner-up placings at the Perth and Melbourne Track Classic.