# Wang Kaihua

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Chinese racewalker (born 1994)

**Wang Kaihua** (born 16 February 1994) is a Chinese male [racewalking](/source/Racewalking) athlete. He has represented his country at the [IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships](/source/IAAF_World_Race_Walking_Team_Championships) in 2016, where he helped China to the team gold, and at the [2017 World Championships in Athletics](/source/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics), where he finished in seventh place.

Born in [Lanzhou](/source/Lanzhou), he took part in racewalking competitions as a youth and participated at the [2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics](/source/2011_World_Youth_Championships_in_Athletics). He is coached by Italian [Sandro Damilano](/source/Sandro_Damilano).[1] Moving into the senior ranks, he began to establish himself at the [Taicang Race Walking Challenge](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taicang_Race_Walking_Challenge&action=edit&redlink=1), placing second to [Chen Ding](/source/Chen_Ding).[2] Wang was ranked the number one in the world over the [20 kilometres race walk](/source/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.[3] This moved him into the top five all time fastest Chinese at the event.[4]

## International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes 2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France 6th 10,000 m walk 2016 World Race Walking Team Championships Rome, Italy 13th 20 km walk 1:21:12 1st 20 km walk 16 pts 2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 7th 20 km walk 1:19:30 2018 Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 1st 20 km walk 1:22:04 2023 Asian Championships Bangkok, Thailand 2nd 20 km walk 1:25:29

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Junior Men’s 10 Kilometres Walk](https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/681a69cc-79e9-4747-ab9d-9a5a1cd5b439.pdf). IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Wu, Vincet (2015-05-01). [Chen and Duan continue China’s race walking dominance in Taicang](https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/taicang-race-walk-2015-chen-ding-duan-dandan). IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [senior outdoor 2017 20 Kilometres Race Walk men](https://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/race-walks/20-kilometres-race-walk/outdoor/men/senior/2017?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true). IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Wu, Vincent (2017-05-05). [Niu clocks 50km race walk world lead at Chinese Grand Prix in Huangshang](https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/niu-clocks-50km-world-lead-huangshang). IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.

## External links

- [Wang Kaihua](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14430369) at [World Athletics](/source/World_Athletics)

v t e Asian Games Champions in Athletics – Men's 20 km Walk 1951: 10,000 m walk 1951: Mahabir Prasad (IND) 1978: Hakam Singh (IND) 1982: Siri Chand Ram (IND) 1986: Sun Xiaoguang (CHN) 1990: Mao Xinyuan (CHN) 1994: Chen Shaoguo (CHN) 1998: Yu Guohui (CHN) 2002: Valeriy Borisov (KAZ) 2006: Han Yucheng (CHN) 2010: Wang Hao (CHN) 2014: Wang Zhen (CHN) 2018: Wang Kaihua (CHN) 2022: Zhang Jun (CHN)

Authority control databases: People World Athletics

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