# Zhao Yongsheng

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Chinese race walker

In this [Chinese name](/source/Chinese_name), the [family name](/source/Chinese_surname) is *[Zhao](/source/Zhao_(surname))*.

**Zhao Yongsheng** ([simplified Chinese](/source/Simplified_Chinese_characters): 赵永胜; [traditional Chinese](/source/Traditional_Chinese_characters): 趙永勝; [pinyin](/source/Pinyin): *Zhào Yǒngshèng*; born April 16, 1970, in [Jinzhou](/source/Jinzhou), [Liaoning](/source/Liaoning)) is a retired male [race walker](/source/Race_walking) from [PR China](/source/PR_China). He competed for his native country at the [1996 Summer Olympics](/source/1996_Summer_Olympics).

## Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing China 1995 World Race Walking Cup Beijing, PR China 1st 50 km World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden DNF 50 km 1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, Georgia, United States DSQ 50 km 1997 World Championships Athens, Greece DNF 50 km

## External links

- [Zhao Yongsheng](https://web.archive.org/web/20161204/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zh/zhao-yongsheng-1.html) at [Olympics at Sports-Reference.com](/source/Sports_Reference#Olympics) (archived)

v t e Men's IAAF World Race Walking Cup champions 20 kilometres 1961–1963: Ken Matthews (GBR) 1965: Dieter Lindner (GDR) 1967: Nikolay Smaga (URS) 1970–1973: Hans-Georg Reimann (GDR) 1975: Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (GDR) 1977–1979: Daniel Bautista (MEX) 1981: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1985: José Marín (ESP) 1987: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1989: Frants Kostyukevich (URS) 1991: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1993: Daniel García (MEX) 1995: Li Zewen (CHN) 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1999: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 2002–2004: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2006–2008: Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 2010: Wang Hao (CHN) 2012: Wang Zhen (CHN) 2014: Ruslan Dmytrenko (UKR) 2016: Wang Zhen (CHN) 2018: Koki Ikeda (JPN) 50 kilometres 1961: Abdon Pamich (ITA) 1963: István Havasi (HUN) 1965–1970: Christoph Höhne (GDR) 1973: Bernd Kannenberg (FRG) 1975: Yevgeniy Lyungin (URS) 1977: Raúl González (MEX) 1979: Martín Bermúdez (MEX) 1981–1983: Raúl González (MEX) 1985: Hartwig Gauder (GDR) 1987: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1989: Simon Baker (AUS) 1991–1993: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 2002–2004: Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) 2006–2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2010: Matej Tóth (SVK) 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2014: Mikhail Ryzhov (RUS) 2016: Jared Tallent (AUS) 2018: Hirooki Arai (JPN)

v t e World Best Year Performance in men's race walking 20 km walk 1980: Domingo Colín (MEX) 1981: Dave Smith (AUS) 1982: Willi Sawall (AUS) 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1985: Dave Smith (AUS) 1986: Reima Salonen (FIN) 1987: Axel Noack (GDR) 1988: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1989: Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH) 1991: Aleksandr Pershin (URS) 1992: Stefan Johansson (SWE) 1993: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1994: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1995: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1996: Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1998: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1999: Julio René Martínez (GUA) 2000: Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 2001: Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) 2002: Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2004: Vladimir Stankin (RUS) 2005: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2006: Li Gaobo (CHN) 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 2008: Sergey Morozov (RUS) 2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) 2010: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2011: Wang Zhen (CHN) 2012: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2013: Petr Trofimov (RUS) 2014: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 2015: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 2016: Eiki Takahashi (JPN) 2017: Wang Kaihua (CHN) 2018: Sergey Shirobokov (RUS) 2019: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 2020: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 2021: Wang Kaihua (CHN) 2022: Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA) 50 km walk 1980: José Marín (ESP) 1981: Uwe Dünkel (GDR) 1982: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1983: José Marín (ESP) 1984: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1985: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1986: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1987: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) 1989: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1990: Aleksandr Potashov (URS) 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1992: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1994: Valentí Massana (ESP) 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) 1996: Thierry Toutain (FRA) 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1998: Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2004: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2005: Yu Chaohong (CHN) 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2007: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2010: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2011: Sergey Bakulin (RUS) 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2013: Robert Heffernan (IRL) 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2015: Matej Tóth (SVK) 2016: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2017: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2018: Tomohiro Noda (JPN) 2019: Masatora Kawano (JPN) 2020: Matej Tóth (SVK) 2021: Satoshi Maruo (JPN) 2022: Resham Midhun (IND)

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