Nguyen Van Hung (athlete)

For the martial artist, see Nguyen Van Hung (martial artist).

Nguyen Van Hung

Personal information
Nationality	Vietnamese
Born	April 3, 1989 (1989-04-03) (age 22)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Triple jump

Nguyen Van Hung (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]

See also

• Vietnamese records in athletics

Notes

1. ^ "Nguyen Van Hung (biography)". International Association of Athletics Federations / iaaf.org. http://www.goldenleague.net/athletes/biographies/country=vie/athcode=250212/index.html. Retrieved March 19, 2011. 
2. ^ "Triple jump qualifying: Results". 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics. August 16, 2009. http://berlin.iaaf.org/results/racedate=08-16-2009/sex=M/discCode=TJ/combCode=hash/roundCode=q/results.html#detM_TJ_hash_q. Retrieved March 19, 2011. 
3. ^ "Four national records broken in Ho Chi Minh City". Look at Vietnam. July 22, 2010. http://www.lookatvietnam.com/2010/07/four-national-records-broken-in-ho-chi-minh-city.html. Retrieved March 19, 2011. 

Persondata
Name	Nguyen Van Hung
Alternative names
Short description	Triple jumper
Date of birth	April 3, 1989
Place of birth	Vietnam
Date of death
Place of death