Cheng Fangming

Cheng Fangming

Cheng in 2020
Personal information
Nationality	China
Born	(1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 30) Shangzhi, China
Sport
Sport	Biathlon
Club	Zhujiabian
Medal record Men's biathlon Representing  China Youth Olympic Games 2012 Innsbruck Sprint 2012 Innsbruck Pursuit

Cheng Fangming (born 28 March 1994) is a Chinese biathlete.[1] He competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics.[2]

Career

Cheng started biathlon in 2011. Cheng won two medals at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in the sprint and pursuit events.[3] He was banned for two years in 2016 for doping, taking the diuretic medication hydrochlorothiazide. He competed in multiple biathlon events at the 2022 Winter Olympics. He was part of the Chinese team in the mixed relay, placing 15th out of 20 teams.[4] He placed 69th in the individual event,[5] 32nd in the sprint,[6] 22nd in the pursuit,[7] and 16th with the Chinese team in the men's relay.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

0 medals

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2022 Beijing	69th	32nd	22nd	30th	16th	15th

World Championships

0 medals

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay
2020 Rasen-Antholz	56th	66th	—	—	18th	—	21st

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

References

1. "International Biathlon Union - Athlete profile for Fangming CHENG". International Biathlon Union - IBU.
2. "Fangming CHENG Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2022-03-08.
3. "China emerge as biathlon power with shock mixed relay victory at Lillehammer 2016". www.insidethegames.biz. February 17, 2016.
4. "Saturday's Biathlon Results". WTOP News. February 5, 2022.
5. "France's Fillon Maillet takes men's 20km individual biathlon title at Beijing 2022 -Xinhua". www.xinhuanet.com.
6. Germano, Sara; Mitchell, Tom (February 16, 2022). "China's best performance at Beijing Winter Games helped by top foreign coaches". Financial Times.
7. "Sunday's Biathlon Results". WTOP News. February 13, 2022.