Zheng Dazhen, Date of Birth

    

Zheng Dazhen

Chinese high jumper

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1959

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Zheng Dazhen

  • Zheng Dazhen (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Zhèng Dázhen; born September 22, 1959) is a retired Chinese high jumper. She finished eleventh at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and also won the 1984 Friendship Games.
  • In 1983 she reached the final of the inaugural World Championships in Athletics, but finished 18th and last with only 1.80 metres.
  • [1] On the regional level she won the Asian Championships in 1979 and 1983 as well as the 1978 and 1982 Asian Games, both times in new championship records (CR).
  • In 1978 she jumped 1.88 m to improve the record with 10 centimetres; in 1982 she jumped 1.89 m.
  • At the 1986 Asian Games Zheng got the silver medal despite equalling the CR, as the winner Megumi Sato, too equalling the CR, achieved the result with fewer failed attempts.
  • In 1990 Sato set the current Asian Games record with 1.94 m.[2] Her personal best jump was 1.95 metres, achieved in May 1987 in Fukuoka.

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