Zhu Jianhua

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

Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for  China
Olympic Games
Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	High jump
World Championships
Bronze	1983 Helsinki	High jump

Zhu Jianhua (Chinese: 朱建华 born May 29, 1963) is a retired Chinese high jumper. Dominating Asian high jump in the early 1980s, he won the Asian Championships in 1981, crushing the championship record (CR) by 15 centimetres. He repeated this at the 1982 Asian Games with a jump of 2.33m, beating the previous CR by 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, U.S.	3rd
1986	Asian Games	Seoul, South Korea	1st
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	20th

Records
Preceded by Gerd Wessig	Men's High Jump World Record Holder 1983-06-11 – 1985-08-11	Succeeded by Rudolf Povarnitsyn
Sporting positions
Preceded by Aleksey Demyanyuk	Men's High Jump Best Year Performance 1982 – 1984	Succeeded by Igor Paklin