Li Yanfeng
Li Yanfeng ( Chinese 李 豔 鳳 / 李 艳 凤 , Pinyin Lǐ Yànfèng ; born May 15, 1979 in Qinggang , Heilongjiang Province ) is a Chinese discus thrower .
At the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, she was eliminated in qualification. In 2000 she won bronze at the Asian Athletics Championships and in 2001 silver at the Universiade . In 2002 and 2003 she was Asian champion, in 2003 again second at the Universiade and in 2004 ninth at the Olympic Games in Athens .
After a long break from injury, she won silver at the Asian Championships in 2007. In 2008 she finished seventh at the Beijing Olympic Games, and in 2010 she won gold at the Asian Games in Guangzhou .
In 2011 she set her personal best on June 5th in Schönebeck with 67.98 m. As the leader of the world annual best list, she traveled to the 2011 World Championships in Daegu and with 66.52 m became the first Chinese world champion in discus throwing.
At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, she subsequently received the silver medal, as her Russian competitor Darya Pishchalnikova was disqualified for doping .
Li Yanfeng is trained by the German Karl-Heinz Steinmetz , who once looked after Lars Riedel .
Web links
- Li Yanfeng in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Li Yanfeng in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ HDsports.at: Gold hat trick for Great Britain & heptathlon scandal . 4th August 2012
- ↑ Whistleblower. “A big mess of characters” , Deutschlandfunk, August 4, 2016; accessed on August 13, 2016
- ↑ IAAF: Discus champion Li Yanfeng's German Connection ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . August 28, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Li, Yanfeng |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 李, 艳 凤 |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | chinese discus thrower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Qinggang , Heilongjiang Province |