Shu Heng (born 22 May 2004) is a Chinese long jumper. He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships. He won gold at the 2023 Asian U20 Athletics Championships.[1]
Hailing from Jilin, Heng finished fourth in the long jump at the 2023 Chinese National Indoor Championships in Tianjin. That year, he won the gold medal at the 2023 Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Yecheon, South Korea, just two weeks after his 19th birthday, with a personal best jump of 8.03 metres. He missed his compatriot Weng Yongfeng's 15-year-old championship record mark of 8.05m from 2008, by two centimetres, however Heng did become the only other athlete to achieve a jump over eight metres in the history of the championships.[2][3]
He won the Chinese Athletics Indoor Championships in March 2024 in Tianjin, with a personal best jump of 8.18 metres.[4]
In February 2025, he finished second in the long jump in Miramas, France, at a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver event, finishing behind event winner Bozhidar Saraboyukov, with a jump of 8.12 metres.[5] He retained his Chinese indoor national title in March 2025.[6] He subsequently competed at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, placing sixth overall with a best jump of 8.14 metres.[7][8]
He finished fourth at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, with a best jump of 8.08 metres in April 2025 finishing ten centimetres behind his compatriot and event winner Zhang Mingkun.[9][10][11] He had a second place finish in the long jump competition at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event, with a best jump of 8.18 metres to finish three centimetres behind event winner Shi Yuhao but ahead of Olympic medalist Wayne Pinnock.[12] He jumped 8.22m to win the gold medal at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in May. In July, he won the gold medal in the long jump at the 2025 University Games in Germany, with a jump of 8.09 metres.[13]
World University Games champions in men's long jump | |
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