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Tang Xingqiang

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Nationality
  
China

Weight
  
61 kg (134 lb)

Personal best(s)
  
100 m: 10.30 (2016)

Height
  
1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)

Sport
  
Track and field

Event
  
100 metres

Born
  
August 11, 1995 (age 21) (
1995-08-11
)

Tang Xingqiang (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.

He made his international senior debut at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships, competing in the 200 metres and reaching the semi-finals.

At the 2016 Rio Olympics he led off a Chinese 4 × 100 metres relay quarter 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, but it remains the Chinese record.

Personal bests

  • 60 metres – 6.56 (2016)
  • 100 metres – 10.30 (2016)
  • 200 metres – 20.92 (2015)
  • 200 metres indoor – 22.00 (2016)
  • 4 × 100 metres relay – 37.82 (2016)
  • References

    Tang Xingqiang Wikipedia