| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 1 | 10m Air Pistol | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 688.2 |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | 10m Air Pistol | 2006 | Zagreb, CRO | 683.8 |
| 15 | 50m Pistol | 2010 | Munich, GER | 559 |
| 16 | 10m Air Pistol | 2010 | Munich, GER | 579 |
| Asian Games | ||||
| 5 | 50m Pistol | 2010 | Guangzhou, CHN | 651.0 |
| Asian Championships | ||||
| 5 | 10m Air Pistol | 2011 | Kuwait City, KUW | 679.6 |
| World Cup Final | ||||
| 2 | 10m Air Pistol | 2009 | Wuxi, CHN | 690.0 |
| World Cup | ||||
| 3 | 50m Pistol | 2011 | Sydney, NSW, AUS | 656.9 |
| 3 | 10m Air Pistol | 2010 | Fort Benning, GA, USA | 683.8 |
Occupation
Athlete
Family
Wife Du Li, son Maomao [nickname]
Language(s) spoken
Chinese
Club name
Hebei Provincial Shooting, China
Coach
Wang Yifu (china-daily.org, 20 Apr 2010)
Handedness
Right (youtube.com, 27 April 2008)
Other sports
His wife Du Li is also an international shooter and Olympic medallist. They met in 2002 while he was competing for Baoding and she was on the national team, and they married in 2009. (phtv.ifeng.com, 11 Oct 2011)
Debut
2006 for China, World Championships (Croatia) (data.sports.163.com, 08 Jul 2008)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He started learning shooting in the sports school in Baoding in 2000. (data.sports.163.com, 08 Jul 2008)
Reason for taking up this sport
He was a fan of guns as a little boy, and a neighbour suggested he try it as a sport. His parents then decided to send him to a sports school in Baoding, where he started training seriously. He says he chose pistol for its prestige, "The pistol is the General's weapon, and the rifle the soldier's, so I chose the pistol."
(news.xinhuanet.com, 09 Aug 2008; youtube.com, 27 April 2008)
Ambitions
"I expect to win a gold medal in 2012." (sports.qq.com, 18 Nov 2011)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning world championship gold in 2006, and competing at the Olympic Games in front of his home crowd in 2008. (phtv.ifeng.com, 11 Oct 2011)
Hero
Wang Yifu. (data.sports.163.com, 08 Jul 2008)
Most influential person in career
His coaches. (data.sports.163.com, 08 Jul 2008)
General
EARLY DAYS
His parents were initially concerned that his shooting would impact his high school studies, but his coach at the time Zhang Guangwei persuaded them to allow him to continue because of his talent. His parents eventually conceded and supported him in his training. (news.163.com, 10 Aug 2008)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008
