Zhu Jianhua

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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	High jump

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhu.

Zhu Jianhua (born May 29, 1963) is a retired Chinese high jumper. Dominating Asian high jump in the early 1980's, he won the Asian Championships in 1981, crushing the championship record (CR) with 15 centimetres. He repeated this at the 1982 Asian Games with a jump of 2.33m, beating the previous CR with 12 cm. He retained his title in the 1986 Asian Games. His 1982 jump is an Asian Games record as of 2007, and no other athlete has jumped over 2.27 in the Games.

At the inaugural World Championships in 1983 and the 1984 Summer Olympics he competed against the world elite, finishing third on both occasions.

On June 11, 1983 Jianhua jumped 2.37 metres, setting a new world record. He would go on to reach 2.38 and even 2.39 metres, the latter on June 10, 1984. The world record stood until August 11, 1985, when Rudolf Povarnitsyn beat it by one centimeter.

[edit] Major achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1981	Asian Championships	Tokyo, Japan	1st	2.30 CR
1982	Asian Games	New Delhi, India	1st	2.33 CR
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd
	Asian Championships	Kuwait City, Kuwait	1st	2.31 CR
1984	Summer Olympics	Los Angeles, USA	3rd
1986	Asian Games	Seoul, South Korea	1st
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	20th

[edit] See also

• World Record progression in athletics high jump men

Preceded by: Gerd Wessig, 2.36m, 1980

High Jump World Record Holders Record Holder: Zhu Jianhua, 2.39m, 1984

Succeeded by: Rudolf Povarnitsyn, 2.40m, 1985