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Liu Shiying (athlete)

Liu Shiying

Liu at the 2019 Athletissima meet
Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1993-09-24) September 24, 1993 (age 30) Muping County, Yantai, Shandong
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Athletics
Event	Javelin throw
Medal record Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Javelin throw World Championships 2019 Doha Javelin throw Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Javelin throw Asian Athletics Championships 2015 Wuhan Javelin throw 2023 Bangkok Javelin throw

Liu Shiying (Chinese: 刘诗颖; born 24 September 1993) is a Chinese athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She is the first Asian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in women's javelin throw.^[1]

Career[edit]

Born in Muping County, Yantai, Shandong Province,^[2] Liu competed in track and field as a teenager and came to prominence nationally with a win at the Chinese City Games.^[3] A win at the national junior championships in 2012 saw her rise to the top of the world junior rankings with a personal best of 57.52 m (188 ft8+1⁄2 in).^[2]

She entered the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics as the leading athlete and improved her best to 58.47 m (191 ft9+3⁄4 in) in the qualifying round.^[4] She improved again to 59.20 m (194 ft2+1⁄2 in) in the final and led until the final round when Sweden's Sofi Flinck had a large personal best to knock Liu into the silver medal position.^[5] She had won a gold medal herself at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships a month earlier.^[6]

Liu made a gradual progression into the senior ranks. She was sixth at the 2012 Chinese Athletics Championships,^[7] then improved to fourth behind Chang Chunfeng at the 12th Chinese National Games in 2013 with a personal best of 60.23 m (197 ft7+1⁄4 in) – her first throw beyond sixty metres.^[8] She did not compete at a major event in 2014, but a new best throw of 62.72 m (205 ft9+1⁄4 in) gave her her highest world ranking yet at 21st (behind only Asian Games winner Zhang Li among Asian women).^[9][10]

She established herself internationally with a win at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships, taking the gold medal for China in a championship record of 61.33 m (201 ft2+1⁄2 in) (beating the mark set by her compatriot Li Lingwei in 2013).^[11]

On 6 August 2021, she won the gold medal in women's javelin throwat2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with 66.34 metres, thereby becoming the first Asian to win an Olympic gold medal in women's javelin throw and the second Chinese athlete to be crowned the Olympic champion in any field event.^[12]

On 23 September 2021, she won the gold medal in women's javelin throw at the 2021 National Games of ChinainShaanxi with 64.33 metres.^[13]

International competitions[edit]

Seasonal bests[edit]

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

• 2018: 67.12 m (220 ft2+1⁄2 in)
• 2017: 66.47 m (218 ft3⁄4 in)
• 2016: 65.64 m (215 ft4+1⁄4 in)
• 2015: 62.77 m (205 ft11+1⁄4 in)
• 2014: 62.72 m (205 ft9+1⁄4 in)
• 2013: 60.23 m (197 ft7+1⁄4 in)
• 2012: 59.20 m (194 ft2+1⁄2 in)
• 2011: 55.10 m (180 ft9+1⁄4 in)
• 2010: 50.92 m (167 ft1⁄2 in)

All information from IAAF profile

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Liu ShiyingatWorld Athletics
• Liu ShiyingatDiamond League
• Liu ShiyingatOlympics.com
• Liu ShiyingatOlympedia
• Liu Shiying at the Chinese Olympic Committee
• Liu ShiyingatOlympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)