High jump is not only a competitive sport that is loved and concerned by the audience in the athletics competition, but also the most traditional advantage of the Chinese athletics team. In 1957, Zheng Fengrong broke the women's high jump world record with 1.77 meters, which not only marked that new Chinese sports completely got rid of the hat of "the sick man of East Asia", but also sounded the clarion call for China's high jump athletes to move towards the world's advanced level. For more than 60 years, China has emerged in this project generation after generation of outstanding athletes with world level, he (they) have repeatedly won gold and silver for the motherland in various major international competitions, so far, a total of three people have broken the world record of men's and women's high jump five times, and ten people have refreshed the Asian record (including indoors) nearly 100 times, writing a brilliant page for the development of Chinese athletics. What are the outstanding high jumpers who can be called the high jump flyers in the history of Chinese athletics? Based on the results and performance of domestic and foreign competitions over the past 60 years, the author has selected ten more representative figures as candidates, now let us relive their former style! (Ranking is not high or low, subject to chronological order)
<h1>One: Zheng Fengrong (Shandong</h1>).
November 17, 1957, was a groundbreaking day in the history of Chinese athletics. Zheng Fengrong, a 20-year-old girl from Jinan, became the first woman in the history of Chinese sports to break the world record, she crossed the height of 1.77 meters with the scissor jump, breaking the world record of 1.76 meters of women's high jump jointly held by the American dan daner and the Romanian player Barras, and was called "the primrose swallow of Chinese sports spring" by foreign media, and in 1958, she also crossed a new height of 1.78 meters, thus honoring her status as the big sister in the Chinese athletics industry.
<h1>Two: Ni Zhiqin (Fujian</h1>).
Ni Zhiqin from Quanzhou, Fujian Province, was the first high jumper in China to break the world record in men's track and field, November 8, 1970, He broke the men's high jump world record of 2.28 meters held by the former Soviet athlete Brummel with a score of 2.29 meters, and this result was held as an Asian record for 11 years, until 1981, when it was broken by Zhu Jianhua of China, from 1961 to 1970, he broke the Asian record 13 times, was the absolute Asian high jump king of that era, in 1987, he was selected by the IAAF as one of the "38 most outstanding athletes in the history of world athletics".
<h1>Three: Cai Shu (Guangdong).</h1>
Cai Shu, a famous athlete known as the "high jump wizard", is the most bouncing athlete in the history of Chinese athletics. He was only 1.76 meters tall, but he could jump 2.29 meters in height, more than his height of 53 centimeters, was the second most athlete in the world athletics at that time, and what was even more valuable was that he used the original leaping jumping method, which was rare in the world athletics world at that time, in the Chinese high jump in the 1980s, his status was second only to Zhu Jianhua, who was in the sky, in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Cai Shu and Zhu Jianhua and another Chinese celebrity Liu Yunpeng entered the top eight of the men's high jump together, which is also the best record in the history of Chinese high jump in the world championships.
<h1>Four: Zhu Jianhua (Shanghai</h1>).
Zhu Jianhua is a well-known star figure in our country in the 1980s, he not only created the most brilliant years of China's high jump, but also a glorious banner of Chinese athletics, the first real sports star since China's reform and opening up, although he only won a bronze medal at the World Championships and the Olympic Games, but his feats of breaking the world record three times in 1983 and 1984 have inspired the national pride of many Chinese people and inspired the enterprising spirit of many Chinese people. The name Zhu Jianhua will forever go down in history.
<h1>Five: Zheng Dazhen (Fujian</h1>).
Xiamen girl Zheng Dazhen is the second world-class female high jumper emerging in China after Zheng Fengrong, she broke the Asian record held by Japanese athlete Fukumitsu Hisayo with an excellent score of 1.92 meters at the 1980 Liberty Bell International Athletics Championships, thus honoring her position in Asia, the eighth Asian Games, the ninth Asian Games women's high jump gold medal were all pocketed by her, in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, She finished seventh in the women's high jump with a time of 1.91 meters, the best place a Chinese female athlete has won in this event in any Olympic Games. In addition, Zheng Dazhen was the first person to create a Chinese women's high jump into the 1.90-meter era, and she raised the national record from 1.83 meters to 1.93 meters in four years, a full increase of 10 centimeters.
<h1>Six: Jin Ling (Liaoning</h1>).
On May 7, 1989, at an international track and field competition held in Hamamatsu, Japan, China's Jin Ling jumped against a height of 1.97 meters, setting a new Asian record for women's high jump, which was held for 20 years before it was broken by Kazakh athlete Aitova. The Liaoning girl reached the final at the 2013 World Championships, and she also won the fifth place in the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, with a time of 1.94 meters, and is also considered to be the third female high jumper with world level after Zheng Fengrong and Zheng Dazhen, and to this day, the national record of 1.97 meters set by her in 1989 has remained unbroken for 31 years.
<h1>Seven: Zhou Zhongge (Beijing</h1>).
Zhou Zhongge, known as the "longevity bird", is the fourth athlete in the history of China's men's high jump to cross the 2.33-meter height, which was achieved at the 1990 National Athletics Championships, when the 23-year-old also won the championship with a score of 2.26 meters at the Beijing Asian Games, which is also the second Chinese male high jumper to win the Asian championship after Zhu Jianhua, achieving the Chinese athlete's three consecutive championships in this event.
<h1>Eight: Zheng Xingjuan (Fujian</h1>).
Zheng Xingjuan, a famous Fujian athlete with a height of 1.84 meters, is considered to be the "high jump prodigy" with the best physical condition in the Chinese women's athletics industry since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and is also the fourth athlete in China to reach the world level in the women's high jump event. At the age of 16, she was able to cross the 1.92-meter crossbar, which is the first person in the history of Women's High Jump in China, the runner-up of the 2006 World Junior Athletics Championships was the best result achieved by Chinese female athletes in the World Series, and she also ranked among the top six at the Daegu World Championships, and her 1.96-meter jump was ranked second in the history of Chinese women's high jump.
<h1>Nine: Zhang Guowei (Shandong</h1>).
Zhang Guowei, the first Internet celebrity in the athletics industry known as "Dashing Brother", can be called the most talented athlete in the history of China's men's high jump (retired), in his sports career, the runner-up of the 2015 Beijing World Championships, 26 times crossed the 2.30-meter crossbar, 2.02 meters tall, 3.85 meters of running aid, these data all prove that this personality of the entertainment sports star in the Chinese high jump industry outstanding position, 2.38 meters is the best result of his sports career. It is also the second best result in China's history after Zhu Jianhua, in fact, he left the deepest impression on the audience not only on these data achievements, but those witty and humorous, eccentric and flamboyant performance methods, what white crane bright wings, dragon water absorption, etc. are the most profound memories of Chinese audiences, no wonder he has more than tens of millions of fans on Douyin, and the number of likes has reached 300 million!
<h1>10: Wang Yu (Guangdong).</h1>
Tsinghua Xuebawangyu, known as "Wu Yanzu of the high jump industry", is considered to be the most educated and outstanding beauty of the active Chinese track and field athletes, this knowledgeable doctoral candidate in management is also the best athlete in the Chinese men's high jump industry today, and won the championship for two consecutive times at the 2013 and 2017 National Games, at the Jakarta Asian Games. He beat South Korea's Yu Sang-hyuk with a score of 2.30 meters, writing a strong stroke for the Chinese men's high jump to win the Asian Games championship for the second time after a gap of 28 years. In addition, he also holds the national indoor record of 2.34 meters and has won a silver medal in the World Cup athletics competition, which is also the best result achieved by the Chinese men's high jumper in the history of the World Cup in athletics.
The above is the top ten high jumpers who have performed the most prominently in international competitions since the founding of the People's Republic of China, in fact, there are many outstanding male and female high jumpers in China that are not included, such as Zhang Shufeng, Huang Haiqiang, Niu Jian, Bi Hongyong and others who have crossed 2.30 meters, although they have also had good performances, but their performance in international competitions is not stable enough, the results can not be compared with the above ten people, in addition, there are many rising stars in the early stage of their sports careers, and they still need the results of the competition to show their strength. I will not list them all here. Welcome the veterans who love athletics to express their views and suggestions on the development and prospects of China's high jump, let us cheer for Chinese athletics together!