Huang Shih-feng
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| Native name | 黃士峰 | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 March 1992[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Taipei[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Taiwan | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Huang Shih-Feng (Chinese: 黃士峰; pinyin: Huáng Shìfēng; born 2 March 1992) is a Taiwanese track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He is the Taiwanese record holder for the event with a personal best of 83.82 m (275 ft 0 in).
He won the gold medal at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships and represented his country at the 2014 Asian Games. Huang was World Youth Champion in 2009.
Career
[edit]Huang initially played association football as a child, but after the school team was disbanded he took up athletics around the age of 14. He continued with both sports and study, beginning a degree at Fu Jen Catholic University.[2] He had his first international success in the youth category of the sport: entering the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics as a rank outsider, he surprised by topping the qualification with a throw of 74.75 m (245 ft 2+3⁄4 in) – a two-metre improvement on his lifetime best at that point.[3] He reached the 74-metre mark in the final and declared himself shocked to have claimed the gold medal over Killian Durechou of France.[4] He stepped up to the junior category the following year and managed a bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Junior Athletics Championships, behind his compatriot Cheng Chao-Tsun.[5] He was unable to repeat global success at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, finishing the qualification round without a single valid mark.[6]
Huang had a consistent level of improvement in his first three years throwing the senior weight javelin: in 2010 he threw 72.74 m (238 ft 7+3⁄4 in), then had a best of 73.63 m (241 ft 6+3⁄4 in) in 2011, and 76.54 m (251 ft 1+1⁄4 in) in 2012.[6] He represented his nation at the 2013 Summer Universiade, placing 13th in the final.[7] He threw beyond eighty metres for the first time at the 2013 East Asian Games and was rewarded with a Taiwanese national record of 82.11 m (269 ft 4+1⁄2 in) and a silver medal (losing only to China's Zhao Qinggang, some seven years his senior).[8] He ranked third among Asian throwers that year, behind Zhao and Ivan Zaytsev.[9]
He began 2014 with a win at the Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo, but his mark of 81.53 m (267 ft 5+3⁄4 in) proved to be his season's best.[10] He threw nearly seven metres less at the 2014 Asian Games and finished down in ninth as a result.[11] He was strong in the early season again in 2015, setting a mark of 81.48 m (267 ft 3+3⁄4 in) in March in Taipei City.[6] A throw of 79.74 m (261 ft 7+1⁄4 in) proved sufficient to hold off both Uzbek Bobur Shokirjonov and Japan's Yukifumi Murakami at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships, earning Huang his first major senior title.[12] He was the first Taiwanese to win an Asian title in the javelin throw at either the Asian Athletics Championships or the Asian Games.[13][14]
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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| 2009 | World Youth Championships | Brixen, Italy | 1st | 74.00 |
| 2010 | Asian Junior Championships | Hanoi, Vietnam | 3rd | 72.43 |
| World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | — | NM | |
| 2013 | Universiade | Kazan, Russia | 13th | 72.84 |
| East Asian Games | Tianjin, China | 2nd | 82.11 NR | |
| 2014 | Asian Games | Incheon, South Korea | 9th | 74.65 |
| 2015 | Asian Championships | Wuhan, China | 1st | 79.74 |
| Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | 2nd | 81.27 | |
| World Championships | Beijing, China | 27th (q) | 75.72 | |
| 2017 | Asian Championships | Bhubaneswar, India | 4th | 81.27 |
| Universiade | Taipei, Taiwan | 3rd | 86.64 | |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 9th | 73.86 |
| 2019 | Asian Championships | Doha, Qatar | 4th | 81.46 |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 25th (q) | 77.16 |
| 2023 | Asian Games | Hangzhou, China | – | NM |
Seasonal progression
[edit]- 2010: 72.74 m (238 ft 7+3⁄4 in)
- 2011: 73.63 m (241 ft 6+3⁄4 in)
- 2012: 76.54 m (251 ft 1+1⁄4 in)
- 2013: 82.11 m (269 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
- 2014: 81.53 m (267 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
- 2015: 81.48 m (267 ft 3+3⁄4 in)
- 2016: 83.82 m (275 ft 0 in)
- 2017: 86.64 m (284 ft 3 in)
- 2018: 79.93 m (262 ft 2+3⁄4 in)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "HUANG Shih-Feng". gwangju2015.kr. 2015 Summer Unversiade. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ HUANG Shih Feng. Incheon2014. Retrieved on 2015-06-06.
- ^ Arcoleo, Laura (2009-07-11). Race walking gold stays in Russia - Day Four - Morning report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-06.
- ^ Martin, David (2009-07-12). Williams and James achieve unprecedented doubles as Kenya steals the show in middle distance - Day Five - Evening report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-06.
- ^ Asian Junior Athletics Championship 2010. Athletics Asia. Retrieved on 2015-06-06.
- ^ a b c Shih-Feng Huang. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-06.
- ^ 2013 Summer Universiade Men's Javelin Throw Final[permanent dead link]. Kazan2013. Retrieved on 2015-06-06.
- ^ Mulkeen, Jon (2013-10-10). Chinese athletes dominate on home soil at East Asian Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-06.
- ^ Javelin Throw - men - senior - outdoor - 2013. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-06.
- ^ Bondarenko opens season with 2.40m in Tokyo. IAAF (2014-05-11). Retrieved on 2015-06-06.
- ^ Men's Javelin Throw Final Archived 2014-10-04 at the Wayback Machine. Incheon2014. Retrieved on 2015-06-06.
- ^ Pole vaulter Li Ling sets continental record at Asian Championships. IAAF (2015-06-06). Retrieved on 2015-06-06.
- ^ Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-06-06.
- ^ Asian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-06-06.
