Shu Heng
{{Short description|Chinese long jumper}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}
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{{Medal|Gold |2023 Yecheon|Long jump}}
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Shu Heng (born 22 May 2004) is a Chinese long jumper. He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships. He won gold at the 2023 Asian U20 Athletics Championships.{{cite web|title= Shu Heng|website=World Athletics|accessdate=2 May 2025|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/pr-of-china/heng-shu-15072915}}
Career
Hailing from Jilin, Heng finished fourth in the long jump at the 2023 Chinese National Indoor Championships in Tianjin. That year, he won the gold medal at the 2023 Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Yecheon, South Korea, just two weeks after his 19th birthday, with a personal best jump of 8.03 metres. He missed his compatriot Weng Yongfeng's 15-year-old championship record mark of 8.05m from 2008, by two centimetres, however Heng did become the only other athlete to achieve a jump over eight metres in the history of the championships.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7154993?eventId=10229617 |website=World Athletics|title= 20th Asian U20 Athletics Championships |date=4 June 2023|accessdate=2 May 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://asianathletics.com/news-details/?id=1780|website=Asian Athletics|accessdate=2 May 2025|title= JAPAN TOPS THE MEDAL TALLY, SHU HENG MISSES LONG JUMP RECORD ON THE FINAL DAY|date=8 Jun 2023}}
He won the Chinese Athletics Indoor Championships in March 2024 in Tianjin, with a personal best jump of 8.18 metres.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7209275?eventId=10229617 |website=World Athletics|title= Chinese Indoor Championships |date=29 March 2024|accessdate=2 May 2025}}
In February 2025, he finished second in the long jump in Miramas, France, at a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver event, finishing behind event winner Bozhidar Saraboyukov, with a jump of 8.12 metres.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/chris-nilsen-pole-vault-caen|website=World Athletics|accessdate=2 May 2025|title= Nilsen vaults 6.01m in Caen, Strand runs 3:48 mile in Boston|date=2 Feb 2025}} He retained his Chinese indoor national title in March 2025.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7217606?eventId=10229617 |website=World Athletics|title= Chinese Indoor Championships |date=7 March 2025|accessdate=2 May 2025}} He subsequently competed at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, placing sixth overall with a best jump of 8.14 metres.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7136586?eventId=10229617|website=World Athletics|title= World Athletics Indoor Championships|date=21 March 2025|accessdate=2 May 2025}}{{cite web|date=23 March 2025|language=Chinese|accessdate=2 May 2025|url=https://m.sohu.com/a/874857359_121124668/?pvid=000115_3w_a |title=男子跳远中国舒衡8米14获第六名 意大利20岁小将8米30夺冠|website=Sohu.com}}
He finished fourth at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, with a best jump of 8.08 metres in April 2025 finishing ten centimetres behind his compatriot and event winner Zhang Mingkun.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6564/results-xiamen-diamond-league-2025|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=1 May 2025|title= Results - Xiamen Diamond League 2025|date=26 April 2025}}{{cite web|url= https://english.news.cn/20250427/f71156098f5e455596c451f755dbfbb9/c.html|website=news.cn|accessdate=2 May 2025|title= Highlights of 2025 Wanda Diamond League Xiamen Meeting|date=27 April 2024}}{{cite web|language=Chinese|url= https://www.ppsports.com/article/news/2369331.html|website=ppsports.com|accessdate=2 May 2025|title=Men's long jump: Zhang Mingkun won the championship with 8.18 meters, Shu Heng won the fourth place with 8.08 meters|date=April 26, 2025}} He had a second place finish in the long jump competition at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event, with a best jump of 8.18 metres to finish three centimetres behind event winner Shi Yuhao but ahead of Olympic medalist Wayne Pinnock.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|accessdate=3 May 2025|title=Tinch and Duplantis fly in Shanghai/Keqiao|date=3 May 2025|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/diamond-league/news/shanghai-keqiao-diamond-league-tinch-duplantis}}
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