Career
His personal best jump of 8.27 metres is the Asian indoor record. Born in Shunde District, Guangdong, Su became interested in the long jump around 2002 and took part in high school and university competitions. At the 2007 Chinese City Games (China"s top junior-level event), he saw off both Zhang Xiaoyi and Li Jinzhe to claim the title with his first ever jump over eight metres (807 m).
In 2008 he improved his best by a centimetre, recording a jump of 8.08 m at both the Chinese Olympic Trials (where he was runner-up) and the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix (where he was China"s sole medallist).
He competed at the 2009 Summer Universiade for Huazhong University and came fourth behind Marcin Starzak of Poland. He represented his province for the first time at the 2009 National Games of China and although he had his best jump of the season there (805 m), it was again only enough for fourth place.
The 2010 indoor season saw Su establish himself as one of Asia"s best jumpers as he cleared 8.27 m in Nanjing in March, breaking both Huang Geng"s 14-year-old Chinese indoor record and Mohamed Salman First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Khuwalidi"s Asian indoor record. This remained the best performance indoors that year and ranked him joint seventh in the world for 2010.
As a result, he was selected to represent China at the 2010 Asian Games in his home province of Guangdong.