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Guo Wei (parathlete)

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Guo Wei
Personal information
Born2 July 1982 (1982-07-02) (age 42)
Shanghai, China
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Long Jump – F36/38
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Shot Put – F35
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Javelin throw F35/36
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Discus Throw – F35/36
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Javelin Throw – F35/36
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Shot Put – F35/36
World Para Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Assen Discus throw F35
Gold medal – first place 2006 Assen Javelin throw F35-36/38
Gold medal – first place 2006 Assen Shot put F35
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Christchurch Javelin throw F35-36
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Christchurch Shot put F35-36
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Javelin throw F35-36
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Discus throw F35-36

Guo Wei (born 2 July 1982)[1][2] is a Chinese Paralympic athlete competing mainly in category F35 field events.

Biography

Guo is a six time Paralympic gold medalist. He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece where he won the F35 javelin, shot put and the F36-38 long jump. He continued this trend in Beijing, China at the 2008 Summer Paralympics with a clean sweep of the throwing gold medals in the F35/36 class.

He holds F35 world records in long jump, shot put, discus and javelin.

Reference list

  1. ^ "Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Official results book: Athletics" (PDF). jobosport.nl. 26 September 2004. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games - Official results book: Athletics" (PDF). jobosport.nl. 5 September 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.