WU Guoshan

People's Republic of China

Date of Birth: 8 Jan 1983

Age: 38

Gender: Male

Sport Class: F57

Place of birth: GUILIN

Birth Country:

People's Republic of China

Place of residence : GUILIN

Residence Country:

People's Republic of China

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Shot Put - F57	1

Records

Record	Event	Mark	Date	Location

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Seated Shot Put	Men's Shot Put - F57 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	Shot Put - F57	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	14.42
5	Men's Shot Put F57-58	2012	London, GBR	15.40
11	Javelin Throw - F57	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	32.31
World Championships
1	Discus Throw - F57	2015	Doha, QAT	44.56
2	Shot Put - F57	2017	London, GBR	13.91
3	Shot Put - F57	2019	Dubai, UAE	14.21
3	Discus Throw - F57	2017	London, GBR	45.62
3	Shot Put - F57	2015	Doha, QAT	14.53
12	Javelin Throw - F57	2015	Doha, QAT	31.89
Asian Para Games
1	Discus Throw - F57	2018	Jakarta, INA	47.77
1	Men's Shot Put F56/57	2018	Jakarta, INA	14.39
10	Men's Javelin Throw F56/57	2018	Jakarta, INA	31.77

Sport. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

Occupation:

Physical Education - Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, CHN

Languages spoken:

Guangxi Region [China]

Other sports:

From 2006 to 2010 he played wheelchair basketball for a team in Guilin, People's Republic of China. (gx.chinanews.com, 25 Aug 2012; gxnews.com.cn, 17 Oct 2011)

2012 for China, Paralympic Games in London, Great Britain (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

National team:

2012 (guilinlife.com, 23 Mar 2012)

He took up Para athletics in 2011 after switching from wheelchair basketball. (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017, 26 Oct 2015)

He has always enjoyed sport and had hoped to pursue a basketball career before the accident that led to his impairment. He wanted to get involved in Para athletics to improve his health. (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017; gx.chinanews.com, 25 Aug 2012; gxnews.com.cn, 17 Oct 2011)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (gxdpf.org.cn, 27 Aug 2019)

Winning gold in the men's F57 shot put at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 12 Apr 2021; Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

US basketball player Michael Jordan. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

His first coach Wen Lan. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

Philosophy:

"Be healthy and be happy." (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017)

In 2016 he was awarded the National May 1st Labour Medal by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions in the People's Republic of China. (thepaper.cn, 21 Sep 2016)

He has received the National May 4th Youth Medal in the People's Republic of China. (gxdpf.org.cn, 01 Dec 2020)

In 2011 he was named a Model Worker of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China. (gxdpf.org.cn, 08 Jun 2012)

General Interest

Classification
F57 (IPC, 23 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017)

Impairment Details
The impairment to the lower part of one of his legs is the result of a traffic accident in 2003. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019; gx.xinhuanet.com, 20 Sep 2016)

General
OCCUPATION
In addition to his Para athletics commitments, he works as a deputy curator at Xiufeng Cultural Centre in Guilin, People's Republic of China. (yidianzixun.com, 10 Dec 2020)

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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