Li Jun (athlete)

Li Jun
nation	People's Republic of China
birthday	2nd January 1993 (age 27)
place of birth	China
Career
discipline	Shot put
Best performance	19.11 m
status	active
Medal table
Indoor Asian Championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Indoor Asian Championships bronze Hangzhou 2014 18.52 m
last change: April 29, 2019

Li Jun (born January 2, 1993 ) is a Chinese shot putter .

Athletic career

Li Jun gained his first international experience at the Junior World Championships 2012 in Barcelona , where he finished sixth with 19.72 m. Two years later he won the bronze medal with his best performance at the Asian Indoor Championships in Hangzhou behind the Indian Om Prakash Karhana and his compatriot Wang Guangfu . In 2017 he took part in the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar , where he finished seventh with 18.16 m. In 2018 he took part in the Asian Games in Jakarta for the first time and finished sixth there with 18.59 m. The following year he reached eighth place at the Asian Championships in Doha with a width of 18.24 m.

Personal best

• Shot put: 19.11 m, June 17, 2018 in Guiyang
  • Shot put (hall): 18.52 m, February 16, 2014 in Hangzhou

Web links

• Li Jun in the database of World Athletics (English)

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