Huang Changzhou (; born 20 August 1994) is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the long jump. He was the bronze medallist at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships. His personal best is .
Training with American coach Randy Huntington, Huang began to improve in a group of Chinese jumpers which included world medallist Li Jinzhe, Asian Games medalist Gao Xinglong and world junior champion Wang Jianan. They represented an emergence of China as a global force in jumping. Small Steps. Giant Leaps. Spikes Magazine (2015-08-14). Retrieved on 2016-03-20. At age nineteen, Huang took fourth place at the 2013 Chinese Games, clearing and trailing bronze medallist Zhang Yaoguang by just one centimetre.Jalava, Mirko (2013-09-08). Chinese National Games begin with Asian pole vault record. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-20. He began competing on the international track and field circuit and placed third in the long jump at the IAAF World Challenge Beijing meet, sweeping the top three for China with training mates Li and Wang.Johnson, Len (2014-05-21). Three world leads and big nights for China and Beijing. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-20. He cleared eight metres for the first time in the 2014 season, achieving a best of that August in Beijing.Changzhou Huang. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-20.
Huang began to rank highly at global level in 2015. A best of indoors placed him seventh on the seasonal rankings,senior indoor 2015 Long Jump men. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-20. then he went further to outdoors, placing in the top 25 globally.senior outdoor 2015 Long Jump men. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-20. He was selected for the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships held on home turf in Wuhan, but failed to record a valid mark in the qualifying round.21st ASIAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015. Athletics Asia. Retrieved on 2016-03-20. He was slightly better at the 2016 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, but was some way off his best in fifth place.7th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. Athletics Asia. Retrieved on 2016-03-20. Huang gained his first global call up the following year (having missed the 2015 World Championships in Athletics held in China) after strong performances on the Chinese National Indoor Grand Prix circuit, which included a new best of .Dong Bin leaps Asian indoor triple jump record of 17.41m in Nanjing. IAAF (2016-02-29). Retrieved on 2016-03-20. One of two Chinese entrants alongside Wang,Mulkeen, Jon (2016-03-14). Preview: men's long jump – IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-20. he matched his best in the third round before improving to in the final round, earning himself the bronze medal.
Career On May 21, 2017, Huang Changzhou won the runner-up in the long jump competition of the World Athletics Challenge. On the evening of June 25, at the China Athletics Street Tour Beijing Station, Huang Changzhou won the runner-up with his fourth jump of 8.26 meters. On July 10, Huang Changzhou won the men's long jump championship at the 2017 Asian Track and Field Championships with a time of 8.09 meters. On September 6, in the men's long jump final of the track and field competition of the 13th National Games held at the Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Sichuan player Huang Changzhou was in brilliant form and won the championship with a time of 8.28 meters.
On March 12, 2018, Huang Changzhou won the tenth place in the men's long jump at the Nanjing Station of the 2018 National Indoor Track and Field Championships with a score of 7.75 meters. On May 20, at the Osaka Golden Grand Prix of the IAAF World Challenge Series, Huang Changzhou won the runner-up in the men's long jump with 7.92 meters. On July 8, at the 5th China-Japan-Korea Track and Field Competition, Huang Changzhou won the men's long jump championship with 7.92 meters.
On February 23, 2019, Huang Changzhou won the men's long jump championship in the 2019 National Indoor Track and Field Championships with 8.18 meters.
On September 4, 2020, the 2020 China Track and Field Street Tour was held at Jianye Wanda Plaza in Nanjing. Huang Changzhou won the championship with a time of 8.28 meters. On September 15, in the men's long jump competition of the National Track and Field Championships, Huang Changzhou won the runner-up with 8.33 meters.
International competitions 2015Asian ChampionshipsWuhan, China —Long jump2016Asian Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar5thLong jump7.81 mWorld Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States3rdLong jump8.21 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil11thLong jump7.86 m2017Asian ChampionshipsBhubaneswar, India1stLong jump8.09 mWorld ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom24th (q)Long jump7.70 m2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom10thLong jump7.75 m2019Asian ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar3rdLong jump7.97 mWorld ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar16th (q)Long jump7.81 m2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan10thLong jump7.72 m2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States22nd (q)Long jump7.75 m
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