Lu Jiawen
Chinese athlete (born 2002)
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Lu Jiawen (born 19 August 2002) is a Chinese high jumper. She won the silver medal at the 2024 Asian Indoor Championships and is a two-time Chinese indoor national champion. She represented China at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.[1]
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| Born | 19 August 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | High jump: 1.92m (2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
From Shanghai,[2] in March 2019, Lu won the gold medal at the 2019 Asian Youth Athletics Championships with a championship record clearance of 1.83 metres.[3] That year, she represented China in Doha at the senior Asian Athletics Championships, placing fourth overall high jump competition.[4]
In June 2021, she placed second at the Chinese National Games Trials, in Chongqing, behind Shao Yuqi.[5] In September 2021, she jumped a personal best 1.92 metres to win the Chinese National Games, increasing her personal best by 2 cm.[2] The following year, she represented China in the high jump at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, in the United States.[6]
Competing in Bangkok, she placed tied-fourth at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships high jump competition.[7][8] In February 2024, she won the bronze medal at the 2024 Asian Indoor Championships in Tehran, Iran with a jump of 1.83 metres.[9] In March, she won the high jump at the 2024 Chinese Indoor Championships in Tianjin.[10]
At the 2025 Chinese Athletics Championships, she placed second in the high jump in August 2025 in Quzhou, with a jump of 1.90 metres, finishing behind Shao Yuqi on count-back.[11]
In February 2026, she placed fourth at the 2026 Asian Indoor Championships in Tianjin.[12] In March, she won the high jump at the 2026 Chinese Indoor Championships in Jinan.[13] In May, she placed seventh with a jump of 1.88 metres at the 2026 Xiamen Diamond League.[14]