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.

Tang Xingqiang
Tang Xingqiang in 2017
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1995-08-11) August 11, 1995 (age 29)
Zhouning County, Fujian, China
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight61 kg (134 lb)[1]
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event100 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best100 m: 10.22 (2021)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m relay
IAAF World Relays
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Nassau 4×100 m relay
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Bhubaneswar 4×100 m relay

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

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International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
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

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  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.
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