Lu Jiawen
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| Born | 19 August 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | High jump: 1.92m (2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Lu Jiawen (born 19 August 2002) is a Chinese high jumper. She won the silver medal at the 2024 Asian Indoor Championships and is a two-time Chinese indoor national champion. She represented China at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.[1]
Biography
From Shanghai,[2] in March 2019, Lu won the gold medal at the 2019 Asian Youth Athletics Championships with a championship record clearance of 1.83 metres.[3] That year, she represented China in Doha at the senior Asian Athletics Championships, placing fourth overall high jump competition.[4]
In June 2021, she placed second at the Chinese National Games Trials, in Chongqing, behind Shao Yuqi.[5] In September 2021, she jumped a personal best 1.92 metres to win the Chinese National Games, increasing her personal best by 2 cm.[2] The following year, she represented China in the high jump at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, in the United States.[6]
Competing in Bangkok, she placed tied-fourth at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships high jump competition.[7][8] In February 2024, she won the bronze medal at the 2024 Asian Indoor Championships in Tehran, Iran with a jump of 1.83 metres.[9] In March, she won the high jump at the 2024 Chinese Indoor Championships in Tianjin.[10]
At the 2025 Chinese Athletics Championships, she placed second in the high jump in August 2025 in Quzhou, with a jump of 1.90 metres, finishing behind Shao Yuqi on count-back.[11]
In February 2026, she placed fourth at the 2026 Asian Indoor Championships in Tianjin.[12] In March, she won the high jump at the 2026 Chinese Indoor Championships in Jinan.[13] In May, she placed seventh with a jump of 1.88 metres at the 2026 Xiamen Diamond League.[14]
References
- ↑ "Lu Jiawen". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- 1 2 "National Games: high jumper Cecilia Yeung leads Hong Kong pack as 19-year-old Lu Jiawen seals stunning 1.92m leap to take gold". scmp. 21 Sep 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "Chen leads Chinese gold rush at Asian Youth Championships". World Athletics. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ "National Championships: Shao Yuqi wins women's high jump title". toutiao.com. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "Highlights of World Athletics Championships Oregon22". news.cn. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "Two gold and one bronze medals! Chinese athletics suffers another major blow, with two violations and the need for Su Bingtian to step up his game". 163.com. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ "11th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 17 Feb 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ "Chinese Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ "Chinese Championships". World Athletics. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ "12th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 6 Feb 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ "Chinese Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 29 March 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ "Results - Xiamen Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. 23 May 2026. Retrieved 26 May 2026.