Du Jianchao
Chinese ten-pin bowler
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Du Jianchao (Chinese: 杜建超; pinyin: Dù Jiànchāo; born 29 October 1979), also rendered in some international results as Du Jian Chao, is a Chinese ten-pin bowler. He has won medals at the Asian Games, the Asian Bowling Championships, and the 2025 IBF World Cup.[1][2][3]
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| Native name | 杜建超 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Ten-pin bowling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Early career
Du became involved in bowling in 1997, when, at the age of 18, he worked as an equipment-maintenance employee at a bowling centre in Zhanjiang, Guangdong. He later began formal training and, in 1999, represented Guangxi at the National Bowling Championships, where he placed third in the men's individual elite event.[3] China Sports Daily has described Du as a leading Chinese practitioner of the spinner style of bowling.[4]
Asian Games
Du represented China at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, where he won bronze in the men's masters event.[3][5]
At the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Du won silver in the men's singles event.[6]
25th Asian Tenpin Bowling Championships
Du had one of his strongest international championships at the 25th Asian Tenpin Bowling Championships, held in Kuwait City in October 2019. Although he finished 15th in the opening men's singles event,[7] he and Wang Hongbo won the men's doubles gold medal with a total pinfall of 2,901.[8]
Du later added silver in the men's all-events with 5,745 pins, behind Malaysia's Timmy Tan, and helped China win bronze in the men's team-of-five event with 7,001 pins.[9][10] He completed the championships by winning the men's masters gold medal, defeating Lin Pai-Feng of Chinese Taipei 491–455 in the two-game title match after beating Shusaku Asato of Japan in the stepladder semifinal.[11]
World Games and domestic appearances
Du competed at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, in both men's singles and men's doubles. In singles, he reached the quarterfinals before losing to Jaroslav Lorenc of the Czech Republic; in doubles, he partnered Wang Hongbo and also reached the quarterfinals.[1][4]
Domestically, Du was among the leading bowlers at the Hefei leg of the 2023 China Bowling Tour. He was ranked seventh in the Spinner-Hook Match Play field but did not take part in the final stage for personal reasons; Zhang Min entered as a replacement and went on to win the event.[12]
2025 IBF World Cup
Du won the men's singles gold medal at the 2025 IBF World Cup, held in Hong Kong from 5 to 14 January 2025. The official overall results listed Du Jian Chao of China as the men's singles champion, ahead of silver medallist Rafiq Ismail of Malaysia and bronze medallists Jaris Goh of Singapore and Patrick Hanrahan of the United States.[2] According to the General Administration of Sport of China, it was Du's first appearance at the IBF World Cup and China's first title in the event.[3]
Asian rankings
Du has appeared on the Asian Bowling Federation men's ranking lists. In 2019 he was ranked ninth with 202.0 points.[13] In 2024 he was ranked 19th with 65.0 points, including 45 points from the Malaysian Open and 20 points from the Singapore Open.[14] In the ABF men's 2025 ranking list published after the 33rd SEA Games, Du was ranked fourth with 150.0 points from the World Cup.[15]