Hou Bin

In this Chinese name, the family name is Hou.

Hou Bin

Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	High jump
	2000 Sydney	High jump
	2004 Athens	High jump

Hou Bin (Chinese: 侯斌; pinyin: Hóu Bīn), born in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang Province, in 1975,[1] is a Chinese Paralympic track and field high jumper.[2] In 2008, he was named as a Paralympian Ambassador.[3][4]

He lost his left leg in an accident at the age of nine. He subsequently became a Paralympian, and represented China at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta. He won gold in the high jump with a jump of 1.92 metres. He successfully defended his title by winning gold again at the 2000 and 2004 Paralympics.[1]

Hou was selected to light the Paralympic flame during the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.[5][6] He lifted himself and his wheelchair up on a rope by strength of arms to the top of Beijing National Stadium, where he lit the cauldron to mark the beginning of the Games.[1][7][8][9][10]

Since retirement, Hou has become a motivational speaker,[11] and in 2013, he launched "Stand Up Again," a fundraising project for injured children who needed prosthetics after the Ya'an and Wenchuan earthquakes.[12]

Notes

1. "Hou Bin: China's Triple Paralympic High Jump Champion", Xinhua, September 7, 2008
2. Kingston, Gary (5 September 2008). "Paralympics open with a bang". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
3. "Paralympic Games 2008". FEI.org. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
4. "Hou named first Paralympic ambassador". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
5. "Beijing 2008: 10 years on". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
6. paralympics. "Hou Bin lights cauldron - Paralympics". Retrieved 2024-08-21.
7. "BBC Partners". wspartners.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
8. "Renowned Paralympian Hou Bin: Beijing 2022 "means more opportunities" for China's impaired athletes". infobae (in European Spanish). 12 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
9. "The Paralympics, where everyone is a winner". Tehran Times. 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
10. "Paralympics open in Beijing with another spectacular show". www.insidethegames.biz. 2009-08-24. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
11. "Hou Bin". London Speaker Bureau Asia. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
12. Huan, Fei. "China's — Hou Bin". ABILITYMagazine.com. China Press For People with Disabilities & Spring Breeze. Retrieved 4 August 2015 – via ABILITY Magazine.

External links

• Hou Bin at the International Paralympic Committee