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Chinese hammer thrower
Zhang Wenxiu
Zhang Wenxiu after winning silver medal at Rio 2016
Nationality Chinese Born (1986-03-22 ) 22 March 1986 (age 38)
Liaoning ,
China Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+ 1 ⁄2 in) Weight 113 kg (249 lb) Country
China Sport
Athletics Event
Hammer throw Personal best 77.33 m (2014)
Zhang Wenxiu (
simplified Chinese : 张文秀 ;
traditional Chinese : 張文秀 ;
pinyin : Zhāng Wénxiù , born 22 March 1986 in
Dalian ,
Liaoning ) is a retired Chinese female
hammer thrower .
Career
She won the
2005 Asian Championships and
2006 Asian Games . She finished tenth at the
2001 World Championships , seventh at the
2004 Olympics , fifth at the
2005 World Championships and fourth at the
2006 World Cup . She then won bronze medals at the
2007 World Championships and the
2008 Olympic Games .
She also holds the
world junior record with 73.24 metres, achieved in June 2005 in
Changsha .
[1]
At
2014 Asian Games in
Incheon , she originally won the gold medal but was stripped of it after testing positive for the prohibited substance
zeranol . Zhang was reinstated after successfully appealing the decision to the
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which accepted her explanation that the zeranol came from contaminated food.
[2]
Achievements
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Notes
Representing
China
2001
World Championships
Edmonton, Canada
11th
61.61 m
2002
World Junior Championships
Kingston ,
Jamaica
20th (q)
52.31 m
2003
World Championships
Paris, France
14th (q)
65.09 m
2004
Olympic Games
Athens, Greece
7th
72.03 m
2005
Asian Championships
Incheon, South Korea
1st
70.05 m
East Asian Games
Macau
1st
72.23 m
World Championships
Helsinki, Finland
4th
69.82 m
2006
World Cup
Athens, Greece
4th
71.19 m
[3]
Asian Games
Doha, Qatar
1st
74.15 m
2007
World Championships
Osaka, Japan
3rd
74.39 m
2008
Olympic Games
Beijing, China
2nd
74.32 m
2009
World Championships
Berlin, Germany
5th
72.57 m
Asian Championships
Guangzhou, China
1st
72.07 m
2010
Continental Cup
Split, Croatia
2nd
73.69 m
[4]
Asian Games
Guangzhou, China
1st
72.84 m
2011
World Championships
Daegu, South Korea
3rd
75.03 m
2012
Olympic Games
London, United Kingdom
3rd
76.34 m
2013
World Championships
Moscow, Russia
2nd
75.58 m
2014
Asian Games
Incheon, South Korea
1st
77.33 m
2015
World Championships
Beijing, China
2nd
76.33 m
2016
Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2nd
76.75 m
2017
World Championships
London, United Kingdom
4th
74.53 m
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