Si Tianfeng

In this Chinese name, the family name is Si.

Si Tianfeng (Chinese: 司天峰, Sī Tiānfēng, born June 17, 1984, in Xintai, Shandong) is a Chinese race walker. He represented China at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing 17th.^[1] He also competed in the 50 km walk at the 2009 Chinese National Games and won the bronze medal. Si set a Games record to take the gold medal in the 50 km walk at the 2010 Asian Games.^[2] He was fourth at the World Race Walking Cup that year.^[3]

Si Tianfeng

Si at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Born	(1984-06-17) June 17, 1984 (age 40)
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Athletics
Event	50 km Race Walk
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  China Olympic Games 2012 London 50 km walk World Championships 2011 Daegu 50 km walk Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou 50 km walk

He won the Taicang meet on the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in April 2011, but came fourth that was retrospectively upgraded to bronze after the original gold medalist was caught doping at the World Championships that year.^[3][4]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's 50 km race walk, in a personal best of 3:37:16.^[1][3] In May 2012, he also won bronze at the World Racing Cup in Saransk retrospectively upgraded to silver medal after the original gold medalist was disqualified for doping.^[3]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  China
2006	World Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	20th	50 km	3:57:54
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	17th	50 km	3:52:58
2010	World Race Walking Cup	Chihuahua, Mexico	4th	50 km	3:55:06
	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	1st	50 km	3:47:04
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	3rd	50 km	3:44:40
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	2nd	50 km	3:43:05
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	2nd	50 km	3:37:16

See also

• China at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Athletics
  • Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

References

• Si Tianfeng at World Athletics

1. "Si Tianfeng Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
2. Ogunode and Fukushima complete doubles in Guangzhou - Asian Games, Day 5. IAAF (2010-11-26). Retrieved on 2011-04-24.
3. "IAAF: Athlete profile for Tianfeng Si". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
4. Wu, Junkuan (2011-04-24). China eyes race walking gold in Daegu worlds Archived 2012-11-07 at the Wayback Machine. Xinhua. Retrieved on 2011-04-24.