Nguyễn Văn Hùng (athlete)

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Nguyễn Văn Hùng
Personal information
NationalityVietnamese
Born (1989-04-03) April 3, 1989 (age 35)
Sport
SportTrack and field
EventTriple jump

Nguyễn Văn Hùng (born April 3, 1989) is a Vietnamese track and field athlete specializing in the triple jump.[1] He competed in the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, failing to qualify for the final,[2] and finished fifth in the 2009 Southeast Asian Games. In July 2010, at the 17th Ho Chi Minh City Open International Athletics Tournament, he set a new Vietnamese national record in the triple jump, leaping 16.41 meters (53 ft 10.1 in) and breaking his own previous record of 16.37 meters (53 ft 8.5 in).[3]

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  1. ^ "Nguyen Van Hung (biography)". International Association of Athletics Federations / iaaf.org. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  2. ^ "Triple jump qualifying: Results". 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics. August 16, 2009. Archived from the original on August 15, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  3. ^ "Four national records broken in Ho Chi Minh City". Look at Vietnam. July 22, 2010. Archived from the original on July 24, 2010. Retrieved March 19, 2011.