Shu Junrong

Shu Junrong

Shu Junrong (rear/right) with Hu Minghai at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Native name 舒俊榕
Nationality Chinese
Born (1988-06-25) 25 June 1988[1]
Mayang, Hunan[2]
Residence Guangzhou
Alma mater Beijing Sport University[3]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)[1]
Sport
Country  China
Sport male Slalom Canoeist
Club Guangdong International Rowing Center[3]
Retired yes
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Shu (舒).
Shu Junrong
Traditional Chinese 舒俊榕
Simplified Chinese 舒俊榕

Shu Junrong (Chinese: 舒俊榕; pinyin: Shū Jùn Róng; born June 25, 1988 in Mayang, Hunan) is a Chinese former male canoeist specializing in canoe slalom double (C-2) event, Shu and another canoeist Hu Minghai had being been a couple of fixed partners at slalom C-2 in their sports careers, the team of two persons had cooperation for 10 years from their starting to be paired as a team in 2003, to competing in 2013 National Games.

Shu competed in Olympic Games twice, finished the 10th in 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 6th in 2012 London Olympics. He won the gold medal at ICF World Cup Race 1 in Prague,[4] it was first time that Chinese sporters took the first at Slalom C-2 in ICF World Cup. From 2006 to 2012, he won four gold medals and two bronze medals, competing in ICF World Cup series, including ICF Asian Championships and Oceanian Championships. from 2005 to 2013, Shu competed in China National Games three times, the gold medalists in 2009 and 2013,[5] the silver medalist in 2005.[6][7]

career

Shu was born in a Slalom canoeing family of Shiyantan village (石眼潭村), Jiangkouya town (江口墟镇), Mayang, Hunan. His elder brother Shu Yong (舒用) was the gold medalists at slalom K-1 title in two national games, the gold medalist in 2000 Asian Championships;[8] His elder female cousin Shu Zhenghua (舒正华) was also a canoeist. He loved playing in the river near his house, he had been a good swimmer while he was a small child.

At age of 13, Shu was away from his native land Mayang with his brother in 2001, he came to Guangzhou, entered in Guangdong International Rowing Center and followed his brother to practice slalom. He was elected to the national training team in 2003, In the same year, Shu and Hu Minghai paired three months, they became a pretty good team of 2 persons. from then on, Shu and Hu had being been a fixed partner at slalom c-2 events. Shu became a full member of the Chinese canoe slalom team in 2006.[9]

Career highlights

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