Wu Yanni Explained

Wu Yanni
Native Name:吴艳妮
Coach:季荣强
Native Name Lang:zh
Sport:Running
Event:100 m hurdles
Birth Date:1997 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Fushun County, Sichuan, China
Country:China
Pb:60m hurdles: 8.11 (Shandong, 2024)
100m: 12.11 (Chongqing, 2022)
100m hurdles: 12.74 (Rizhao, 2024)

Wu Yanni (; born 28 July 1997) is a Chinese track and field athlete. She is a multiple time Chinese national champion in the 100 metres hurdles.[1]

Early life

Wu was born in Zigong, a city in southern Sichuan, she started her hurdling career in Neijiang before moving to study at Beijing Sports University.[2]

Career

On 15 September 2016, while representing Sichuan team in the women's 100 m hurdles at the 2016 National Track and Field Championships, she won third place in 13.58 seconds. On 4 September, at the 13th National Games held in Tianjin, she won third place in 13.36 seconds.[3] [4] She won the Chinese national title in the 100 metres hurdles in 2023. She qualified for the final of the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships, held in Bangkok, but was disqualified in the final due to a false start.[5] Yanni won silver in the 100m women’s hurdles in the World University Games in Chengdu in August 2023, running a personal best time in the semi finals of 12.85 seconds, before breaking it again later that day in the final, where she clocked a time of 12.76 seconds.[6] [7]

During the women's 100-meter hurdles final of track and field at the 2022 Asian Games, Wu was disqualified for her false start.[8]

She was selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow to compete in the women's 60 metres hurdles, where she ran a personal best time of 8.12 seconds.[9]

She won the 100m hurdles at the World Continental Tour Gold event in Tokyo on 19 May 2024.[10] [11] She set a new personal best of 12.74 seconds in the 100m hurdles to win the Chinese Athletics Championships in June 2024.[12] She was named in the Chinese team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[13]

Personal life

She has been nicknamed “China’s goddess of track and field” and attracted social media attention due to her outgoing personality and body tattoos, which she has said are a symbol of her self confidence.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wu Yanni. World Athletics. 4 October 2023.
  2. Web site: 吴艳妮,一步之憾. iFeng. 2023-10-01. 2023-10-20.
  3. Web site: 田径全锦赛李金哲跳远折桂 谢文骏110米栏第四冠. Sina. 2016-09-15. October 4, 2023.
  4. Web site: 全运会张国伟仅跳高第三 韦永丽无缘200米决赛. Sina. 2017-09-04. October 4, 2023.
  5. Web site: China's star hurdler Wu Yanni embraces tournament opening on her birthday. English.news.cn. 4 October 2023. 28 July 2023.
  6. Web site: Wu Yanni: The Rising Star in Women’s 100m Hurdles. bnn Breaking. Salman. Khan. 2023-10-05. October 5, 2023.
  7. Web site: FISU World University Games 2023: Jyothi Yarraji breaks national record to win bronze medal. Olympics.com. 4 October 2023. Utathya. Nag. 4 August 2023.
  8. Web site: Asian Games 2023: China's Wu Yanni apologises to Jyothi Yarraji after false start drama in 100m hurdle. Press Trust of India. Firstpost. 2023-10-04. October 5, 2023.
  9. Web site: Women's 60m hurdles Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024. Watch Athletics. 3 March 2024. 3 March 2024.
  10. Web site: Davies smashes 5000m meeting record in Tokyo. 19 May 2024. World Athletics. 19 May 2024.
  11. Web site: Seiko Golden Grand Prix Tokyo 2024 - Results. Watch Athletics. 19 May 2024. 19 May 2024.
  12. Web site: Wu carries bags of confidence to Paris. chinadaily. 4 August 2024. 5 July 2024.
  13. Web site: Chinese team announced for Paris Olympics. World Athletics. 3 August 2024. 12 July 2024.
  14. Web site: Body art brouhaha: China track goddess Wu Yanni hits back at ‘bad girl’ tattoo taunts saying ink job is symbol of ‘confidence’. South China Morning Post. 4 October 2023.