{{Short description|Chinese racewalker (born 1994)}} '''Wang Kaihua''' (born 16 February 1994) is a Chinese male [[racewalking]] athlete. He has represented his country at the [[IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships]] in 2016, where he helped China to the team gold, and at the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics]], where he finished in seventh place.

Born in [[Lanzhou]], he took part in racewalking competitions as a youth and participated at the [[2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics]]. He is coached by Italian [[Sandro Damilano]].<ref>[https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/681a69cc-79e9-4747-ab9d-9a5a1cd5b439.pdf Junior Men’s 10 Kilometres Walk]. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.</ref> Moving into the senior ranks, he began to establish himself at the [[Taicang Race Walking Challenge]], placing second to [[Chen Ding]].<ref>Wu, Vincet (2015-05-01). [https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/taicang-race-walk-2015-chen-ding-duan-dandan Chen and Duan continue China’s race walking dominance in Taicang]. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.</ref> Wang was ranked the number one in the world over the [[20 kilometres race walk]] distance in the 2017 season, having set a personal best of 1:17:54 hours to win at the Chinese National Grand Prix.<ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/race-walks/20-kilometres-race-walk/outdoor/men/senior/2017?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true senior outdoor 2017 20 Kilometres Race Walk men]. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.</ref> This moved him into the top five all time fastest Chinese at the event.<ref>Wu, Vincent (2017-05-05). [https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/niu-clocks-50km-world-lead-huangshang Niu clocks 50km race walk world lead at Chinese Grand Prix in Huangshang]. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.</ref>

==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- |2011 |[[2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics|World Youth Championships]] |[[Lille]], France |6th |10,000 m walk | |- |rowspan=2|2016 |rowspan=2|[[2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships|World Race Walking Team Championships]] |rowspan=2|[[Rome]], Italy |13th |20&nbsp;km walk |1:21:12 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |20&nbsp;km walk |16 pts |- |2017 |[[2017 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[London]], United Kingdom |7th |[[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]] |1:19:30 |- |2018 |[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games|Asian Games]] |[[Jakarta, Indonesia]] |bgcolor=gold|1st |[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]] |1:22:04 |- |2023 |[[2023 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]] |[[Bangkok, Thailand]] |bgcolor=silver|2nd |[[2023 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]] |1:25:29 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{World Athletics}}

{{Asian Games Champions Athletics 20 km Walk Men}} {{authority control}}

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