Duan Qifeng (, 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 in 1998, which ranked him 20th in the world that year.Duan Qifeng. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
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,Asian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-04. silver medallist behind Sergey Arzamasov at the 1998 Asian Games,Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-04. and a representative for Asia at the 1998 IAAF World Cup.1998 IAAF World Cup Results. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
In the 1998 season he won the national title at the Chinese Athletics Championships with a mark of – the first athlete to jump over seventeen metres at the competition in eight years.Chinese Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-04. 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 1997.7th National Games medallists . jx918. Retrieved on 2013-03-30.
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 1992World Junior ChampionshipsSeoul, South Korea8thTriple jump15.78 m1998Asian ChampionshipsFukuoka, Japan1stTriple jump16.79 mWorld CupJohannesburg, South Africa8thTriple jump14.09 mAsian GamesBangkok, Thailand2ndTriple jump16.98 m2004Summer ParalympicsAthens, Greece1stTriple jump F1215.30 m1st4 × 100 m relay T1243.163rdLong jump F127.00 m
National titles Chinese Athletics Championships Triple jump: 1998
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