Chen Yang (athlete)

Chen Yang
Chen Yang (center) in Bhubaneswar 2017
nation	People's Republic of China
birthday	10th July 1991 (age 29)
place of birth	Hebei , China
size	180 cm
Weight	97 kg
Career
discipline	Discus throw
Best performance	67.03 m (June 2, 2018 in Osterode )
Trainer	Xiao Yanling
status	active
Medal table
Asian Games 1 × 0 × 0 × Asian Championships 1 × 1 × 0 ×
Asian Games gold Jakarta 2018 65.12 m Asian Championships gold Bhubaneswar 2017 60.41 m silver Doha 2019 61.87 m
last change: May 12, 2019

Chen Yang ( Chinese  陈扬 , Pinyin Chen Yang ; born July 10, 1991 in Hebei ) is a Chinese discus thrower .

Athletic career

In 2016, Chen Yang improved her best performance at the Halle Throwing Days to 63.61 m and qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she finished seventh in the final with 63.11 m. A year later she was crowned continental champion at the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar with 60.41 m and thus received a bye for the World Championships in London , where she finished tenth in the final with 61.28 m. In 2018 she took part in the Asian Games in Jakarta for the first time , where she won the gold medal with 65.12 m in front of her compatriot Feng Bin and the Indian Seema Antil . The following year, she secured the silver medal behind her compatriot Feng at the Asian Championships in Doha with a throw of 61.87 m. So she qualified again for the World Championships there in October, where she finished fourth with a width of 63.38 m in the final .

Web links

Commons : Chen Yang  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Chen Yang in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Chen Yang in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Chen is the family name here, Yang is the first name.