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Duan Qifeng

Personal information
Born	(1973-01-20) January 20, 1973 (age 51) Handan, Hebei, China
Medal record Representing  China Men's para-athletics Paralympic Games 2004 Athens Triple jump F12 2004 Athens 4×100 m T11–13 2004 Athens Long jump F12 Men's athletics Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Triple jump Asian Championships 1998 Fukuoka Triple jump

Duan Qifeng (Chinese: 段岐峰, born 20 January 1973) is a Chinese male former track and field athlete who specialized in the triple jump. He set a lifetime best of 17.05 m (55 ft 11+1⁄4 in) in 1998, which ranked him 20th in the world that year.

Duan has had a vision impairment since a very young age, which allowed him to also compete in the Paralympics in category T12/F12 events.

Career

His international career flourished in 1998, when he was gold medallist at the 1998 Asian Athletics Championships, silver medallist behind Sergey Arzamasov at the 1998 Asian Games, and a representative for Asia at the 1998 IAAF World Cup.

In the 1998 season he won the national title at the Chinese Athletics Championships with a mark of 17.05 m (55 ft 11+1⁄4 in) – the first athlete to jump over seventeen metres at the competition in eight years. He had been runner-up at the Chinese National Games for his native Hebei previously, finishing second to Zou Sixin in 1993 and Lao Jianfeng in 1997.

Duan Qifeng also competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics where he won three medals. He won gold in the F12 triple jump and a bronze in the F12 long jump, he was also part of the gold medal-winning Chinese 4 × 100 m relay team.

International competitions

National titles

• Chinese Athletics Championships
  • Triple jump: 1998

References

1. Duan Qifeng. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
2. 近访2004年残奥会金牌得主段岐峰 [An Interview with 2004 Paralympic Gold Medalist Duan Yifeng]. Hebei Daily (in Chinese). 2007-05-08.
3. Asian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
4. Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
5. 1998 IAAF World Cup Results. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
6. Chinese Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
7. 7th National Games medallists (in Chinese). jx918. Retrieved on 2013-03-30.
8. "Qifeng Duan". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.

External links

• Duan Qifeng at World Athletics
• Duan Qifeng at Paralympic.org
• Qifeng Duan at the International Paralympic Committee

• 1973 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Handan
• Runners from Hebei
• Chinese male sprinters
• Chinese male long jumpers
• Chinese male triple jumpers
• Visually impaired sprinters
• Visually impaired long jumpers
• Visually impaired triple jumpers
• Paralympic sprinters
• Paralympic long jumpers
• Paralympic triple jumpers
• Paralympic athletes for China
• Paralympic gold medalists for China
• Paralympic bronze medalists for China
• Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
• Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
• Asian Games silver medalists for China
• Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
• Asian Athletics Championships winners
• Chinese Athletics Championships winners