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Who is Wang Zhen?

Wang Zhen is the country’s best greatest race walker. Wang Zhen claiming the high spot not only on the national ground but globally is such a praiseful thing to achieve.

Having such athletic life below is the biography of a Chinese racewalker.

Simultaneously, Zhen is one of the most popular athletes all throughout China.

He is in the 44th position as a Chinese Athlete.

Also, his biography is one of the most watched biographies from China.

To illustrate, despite having intense life with plenty of struggles, Zhen represents his country with his best.

At the same time, this sportsman has effectively kept his personal life hidden from the media.

In addition, Zhen has participated and claimed medals in several national and international tournaments.

Despite pondering retirement once, Zhen is back again to compete in Olympics 2021.

Likewise, bringing enhancement to his sporting life, Zhen has partnerships and endorsements.

Becoming a more praiseful athlete, Zhen is still on his journey to present his best.

Personal Life

This Chinese race walker Wang was born on 24th August 1991, in Suihua, Heilongjiang, China.

In the same way, Zhen’s zodiac sign is Virgo.

Physically, Zhen is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 63 pounds.

Other than that, Zhen’s other personal information, including his family members and education, is yet to be disclosed

Married Life

Having a rich sports life, Wang married his long-time girlfriend back in 2013.

Sadly, their marriage life affected him adversely. The athlete ended up acquiring a lot of weight.

Similarly, he mentioned that he was 60-62 kgs while competing in the day on a news program.

But, the leave made him have 73 kgs.

As the number of championships and Olympics are in a way, Zhen had loads to provide even in his preparation.

Thus, realizing the strain of sports life, his wife also encouraged him by not interrupting him on the phone.

But she often pays to visit Zhen sometimes.

More Facts about Wang Zhen

Full Name Wang Zhen (王镇)
Nickname Wang Zhen
Birth Date 24 August 1991
Birth Place Heilongjiang, China
Residence People’s Republic of China
Religion Buddhism
Nationality Chinese
Ethnicity White
Education N/A
Horoscope Virgo
Father’s Name N/A
Mother’s Name N/A
Siblings N/A
Age 30 years old
Height 5’10” (177 cm)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Eye Color Brown
Hair Color Black
Body type Athletic
Profession Racewalker
Marital Status Married
Spouse N/A
Children N/A
Beginning of Professional Career 2008
Retirement N/A
Sports team Chinese National Team
Coach Sandro Damilano
Honors World Championships, Top athlete, and Olympics
Net Worth $1 million- $5 million
Merch  Tokyo Olympics 2021 Items
Last Update August, 2022

Professional Career

Starting to practice from such a young age, Zhen focused on becoming an athlete professionally in roughly 2008.

NEVERTHELESS, ZHEN WON THE JUNIOR 30 KM WALK BY FINISHING AT 2:08:46.

Wang Zhen
Wang Zhen during the race. Source: iaaf

Further, Zhen achieved achievement at the Chinese national race walking championships.

Afterward, in the 2009 Chinese National Games, he made up six spots at his first-ever 50 km event.

International Exposure

Continuously ranking on the top list at the junior level, Wang started to acquire traction globally.

On his debut, he raced in the IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final in 2010.

There, he was one of the four racers to complete a 10 km race walk in just 38 minutes.

Despite having Chinese walker Wang Hao as the favorite one, Zhen achieved a new Asian record.

Thus, the second-fastest mark of all time globally as the world junior record.

Nonetheless, Wang was the one to lead the 20 km race walk having 3 km left to race.

Hence, he completed the marathon in just 1 hour and 19.14 seconds.

Olympics Simultaneously, back in the London Olympics in 2012, Wang grabbed the bronze medal for the 20 km race walk.

Before every competition conducted like the Olympics or World Cup, Zhen usually gets prepared for years.

Back in 2016, Zhen was all warming himself to drag for World Championship in 2017.

On the one hand, Wang was officially honored to call as the World’s fastest walker.

Then eventually, he captured the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

In addition, the race walker owns the record for the 20 km in 1:17:36 hours.

Likewise, he also owns a junior world record for 10 km.

Without a doubt, Zhen booked his opportunity to present his best in the Olympics 2021 for the 20km Race Walk.

Net Worth

This athlete has marked world records numerous times and became a professional athlete nationally and internationally.

Similarly, he definitely has maintained a luxurious existence.

Considering all of his earnings as an athletic income and records, Zhen’s net worth is believed to be $1 million to $5 million.

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Awards and Achievements

  • Daegu; World Championship (silver) – 2011
  • London; Olympics (Bronze) – 2012
  • Beijing; World Championship (silver) – 2015
  • Rio de Janeiro; Olympics (Gold) – 2016

Social Media Appearances

Personalizing personal information, sadly, Wang has no profile on social media sites.