Hei Zhihong


Hei Zhihong is a retired competitive wushu athlete from Hong Kong.

Competitive history

Hei began training wushu at the age of 7 in Handan. He later enrolled in the Beijing Sport University 1995 and joined the Beijing Wushu Team in 1999 under Wu Bin. In 2004, he joined the Hong Kong Wushu Team and won a gold medal in taijiquan and a bronze medal in qiangshu at the 2004 Asian Wushu Championships. He then won a silver medal during the 2006 Asian Games in the taijiquan competition. He then competed in the 2007 World Wushu Championships and became the world champion in qiangshu and won a bronze medal in taijijian. His victories qualified him for the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament where he won the silver medal in men's taijiquan. A year later, Hei won a silver medal in taijiquan and a gold medal in duilian at the 2009 East Asian Games. His last competition was the 2009 World Games where he also won a silver medal in the same combined event.