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Born | Dali, Yunnan | 11 April 1991||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | China | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | 20km Race Walk | ||||||||||||||
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Cai Zelin ( simplified Chinese: 蔡泽林; traditional Chinese: 蔡澤林; pinyin: Cài Zélín, born 11 April 1991, in Huize, Yunnan) is a Chinese male racewalker. [1] He finished 4th at the 20 km walk during the 2012 London Olympics, and won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. [2] He finished 5th at the 2015 World Championships in the 20 km race walk. [2] In 2019, he competed in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. [3] He did not finish his race. [3]