Huang Guanjun
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| Born | 1987 |
| Died | 22 May 2021 (aged 33–34) |
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| Sport | Marathon runner |
Huang Guanjun (Chinese: 黄关军; pinyin: Huáng Guānjūn; 1987 – 22 May 2021) was a Chinese marathon runner; he died in the Gansu ultramarathon disaster.
Huang was the champion in the men's hearing-impaired marathon at China's 2019 National Paralympic Games.[1][2][3][4] He died on 22 May 2021, at the age of 34, when high winds and freezing rain struck a long-distance race in Baiyin, Gansu, China. Twenty other runners died in the tragedy.[5]
He had impaired hearing after an "injection error" when he was one year old, and also could not speak.[6][7] Having difficulty finding employment, he had, according to his friends, "joined races over the years in the hopes of winning some prize money".[1]
