Tang Xingqiang

Chinese sprinter

Tang Xingqiang

Tang Xingqiang in 2017

Personal information
Nationality| Chinese
Born|  (1995-08-11) August 11, 1995 (age 28)
Zhouning County, Fujian, China
Height| 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight| 61 kg (134 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport| Track and field
Event| 100 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best| 100 m: 10.22 (2021)

Medal record

Olympic Games
| 2020 Tokyo | 4×100 m relay
IAAF World Relays
| 2017 Nassau | 4×100 m relay
Asian Championships
| 2017 Bhubaneswar | 4×100 m relay

Tang Xingqiang (Chinese: 汤星强; born 11 August 1995) is a Chinese track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 metres. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

He made his international senior debut at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships, competing in the 200 metres and reaching the semi-finals.[2]

At the 2016 Rio Olympics he led off a Chinese 4 × 100 metres relay quartet including Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, and Zhang Peimeng. The team set an Asian record of 37.82 seconds in qualifying and finished fourth in the final. The record was quickly broken by Japan in the following relay heat,[3][4] but it remains the Chinese record.

## Personal bests[edit]

* 60 metres – 6.56 (2016)
* 100 metres – 10.22 (2021)
* 200 metres – 20.39 (2021)
* 200 metres indoor – 22.00 (2016)
* 4 × 100 metres relay – 37.79 (2021)

## International competitions[edit]

Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes

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2015  | Asian Championships | Wuhan, China  | 11th (sf)  | 200 m | 21.06
2016  | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  | 4th  | 4 × 100 m relay | 37.90
2017  | IAAF World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 3rd  | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.22
6th  | 4 × 200 m relay | 1:22.91
Asian Championships | Bhubaneswar, India | 8th (sf)  | 100 m | 10.431
1st  | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.38
2020  | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd  | 4 × 100 m relay | 37.79 =NR
2022  | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 12th (h)  | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.83

1Disqualified in the final

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Tang Xingqiang. Rio2016. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
2. ^ 2015 Asian Athletics Championships Results. Asian Athletics Association. Retrieved on 2016-08-21.
3. ^ Day seven in numbers – Rio 2016 Olympic Games. IAAF (2016-08-18). Retrieved on 2016-08-21.
4. ^ Morse, Parker (2016-08-19). Report: men's 4x100m final – Rio 2016 Olympic Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-21.

## External links[edit]

* Tang Xingqiang at World Athletics
* Tang Xingqiang at Diamond League
* Tang Xingqiang at Olympics.com
* Tang Xingqiang at Olympedia
* Tang Xingqiang at the Chinese Olympic Committee

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* World Athletics

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