Shao Yuqi
Chinese athlete (born 2002)
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Shao Yuqi (born 13 May 2002) is a Chinese high jumper. She won the silver medal at the 2024 Asian Indoor Championships and is a two-time Chinese national champion.[1]
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| Born | 13 May 2002 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | High jump: 1.90m (2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Biography
Having been introduced to the high jump while at primary school, she is based the Hubei provincial track and field team based in central China.[2][3] At the 2021 Chinese Athletics Championships, she won the high jump in June 2021 in Shaoxing, with a jump of 1.84 metres.[4] She cleared the same height to win the National Games Trials, later that month in Chongqing, ahead of Lu Jiawen.[5]
In February 2023, she placed sixth at the 2026 Asian Indoor Championships in Kazakhstan.[6][7]
In February 2024, she won the silver medal at the 2024 Asian Indoor Championships in Tehran, Iran with a jump of 1.86 metres.[8]
At the 2025 Chinese Athletics Championships on 1 August, she won the high jump in Quzhou, with an equal personal best jump of 1.90 metres.[9][2] In November 2025, she won the high jump competition at the 15th National Games in Guangzhou.[3]
In February 2026, she placed fifth at the 2026 Asian Indoor Championships in Tianjin.[10] In April, she finished in joint-second in the high jump at the 6th Asian Beach Games with a clearance of 1.83 meters.[11]
Personal life
From 2020 she attended Tsinghua University.[2] She has a large following on Chinese social media platform Douyin.[12]