Wu Yanni (Chinese: 吴艳妮; pinyin: Wú Yànnī; born 28 July 1997) is a Chinese track and field athlete. She is a multiple time Chinese national champion in the 100 metres hurdles.[1]
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| Native name | 吴艳妮 | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 July 1997 Fushun County, Sichuan, China | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 100 m hurdles | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m hurdles: 8.11 (Shandong, 2024) 100m: 12.11 (Chongqing, 2022) 100m hurdles: 12.74 (Rizhao, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Early life
editWu was born in Zigong, a city in southern Sichuan, she started her hurdling career in Neijiang before moving to study at Beijing Sports University.[2]
Career
editOn 15 September 2016, while representing Sichuan team in the women's 100 m hurdles at the 2016 National Track and Field Championships, she won third place in 13.58 seconds. On 4 September, at the 13th National Games held in Tianjin, she won third place in 13.36 seconds.[3][4] She won the Chinese national title in the 100 metres hurdles in 2023. She qualified for the final of the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships, held in Bangkok, but was disqualified in the final due to a false start.[5] Yanni won silver in the 100m women’s hurdles in the World University Games in Chengdu in August 2023, running a personal best time in the semi finals of 12.85 seconds, before breaking it again later that day in the final, where she clocked a time of 12.76 seconds.[6][7]
During the women's 100-meter hurdles final of track and field at the 2022 Asian Games, Wu was disqualified for her false start.[8]
She was selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow to compete in the women's 60 metres hurdles, where she ran a personal best time of 8.12 seconds.[9]
She won the 100m hurdles at the World Continental Tour Gold event in Tokyo on 19 May 2024.[10][11] She set a new personal best of 12.74 seconds in the 100m hurdles to win the Chinese Athletics Championships in June 2024.[12] She was named in the Chinese team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[13]At the Olympics, Wu ranked sixth in her group with a time of 12.97 seconds in the preliminaries and fourth in her group with a time of 12.98 seconds in the repechange round, but still created the best result for a Chinese athlete in the women's 100m hurdles.[14]
Personal life
editShe has been nicknamed “China’s goddess of track and field” and attracted social media attention due to her outgoing personality and body tattoos, which she has said are a symbol of her self confidence.[15]
References
edit- ^ "Wu Yanni". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "吴艳妮，一步之憾". iFeng. 2023-10-01. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ "田径全锦赛李金哲跳远折桂 谢文骏110米栏第四冠". Sina. 2016-09-15. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
- ^ "全运会张国伟仅跳高第三 韦永丽无缘200米决赛". Sina. 2017-09-04. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
- ^ "China's star hurdler Wu Yanni embraces tournament opening on her birthday". English.news.cn. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Khan, Salman (2023-10-05). "Wu Yanni: The Rising Star in Women's 100m Hurdles". bnn Breaking. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ Nag, Utathya (4 August 2023). "FISU World University Games 2023: Jyothi Yarraji breaks national record to win bronze medal". Olympics.com. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Press Trust of India (2023-10-04). "Asian Games 2023: China's Wu Yanni apologises to Jyothi Yarraji after false start drama in 100m hurdle". Firstpost. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ "Women's 60m hurdles Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Davies smashes 5000m meeting record in Tokyo". World Athletics. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "Seiko Golden Grand Prix Tokyo 2024 - Results". Watch Athletics. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "Wu carries bags of confidence to Paris". chinadaily. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Chinese team announced for Paris Olympics". World Athletics. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "吴艳妮：被讨厌的勇气". The Paper. 2024-08-11. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ "Body art brouhaha: China track goddess Wu Yanni hits back at 'bad girl' tattoo taunts saying ink job is symbol of 'confidence'". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 4 October 2023.