Chen Yang (athlete)
Chen Yang | ||||||||||||||||
nation | People's Republic of China | |||||||||||||||
birthday | 10th July 1991 (age 29) | |||||||||||||||
place of birth | Hebei , China | |||||||||||||||
size | 180 cm | |||||||||||||||
Weight | 97 kg | |||||||||||||||
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discipline | Discus throw | |||||||||||||||
Best performance | 67.03 m (June 2, 2018 in Osterode ) | |||||||||||||||
Trainer | Xiao Yanling | |||||||||||||||
status | active | |||||||||||||||
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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
- Chen Yang in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Chen Yang in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
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SURNAME | Chen, Yang |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | chinese discus thrower |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1991 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hebei |