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Weizhong Guo

Athletics
2

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency
Origin of Impairment
Acquired

Further personal information

Family
Son Guo Jiakai
Languages
Cantonese, Mandarin

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
He began training in long jump and high jump in 1992.
Why this sport?
He loved sport from childhood and his talent was noticed by the local federation for athletes with an impairment.

General interest

Awards and honours
In 2010 he was named Athlete of the Year in Jieyang, People's Republic of China. (news.hqcr.com, 25 Feb 2011)
Impairment
Part of a house collapsed on him and injured his right leg at age 12. The building had recently been damaged in a typhoon. (southcn.com, 27 Sep 2004)

Results

Unit Date Rank
Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games (Sydney, Australia)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's High Jump F42 Final Round 2
Men's Long Jump F42 Final Round 10
Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Long Jump F42 Final Round 9999
Men's High Jump F42 Final Round 2
IPC Athletics World Championships Villeneuve d'Ascq 2002 (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Long Jump F42 Final Round 7
Men's High Jump F44 Final Round 7
2011 IPC Athletics World Championships (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Long Jump F42 Final 2011-01-22 5
Men's High Jump F42 Final 2011-01-29 1
Men's 4x100 m T42-46 Final 2011-01-29 6
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Long Jump F42/44 Final Round 2012-08-31 11
Men's High Jump F42 Final Round 2012-09-03 4