Liu Shiying

Liu Shiying
Liu Shiying (2019)
nation	People's Republic of China
birthday	24th September 1993 (age 26)
place of birth	China
size	178 cm
Weight	80 kg
Career
discipline	Javelin throw
Best performance	67.12 m (May 20, 2018 in Osaka )
Trainer	Guo Qingxian
status	active
Medal table
World championships 0 × 1 × 0 × Asian Games 1 × 0 × 0 × Asian Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 world championships 0 × 1 × 0 × U20 Asian Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
World championships silver Doha 2019 65.88 m  Asian Games gold Jakarta 2018 66.09 m Asian Championships gold Wuhan 2015 61.33 m  Junior World Championships silver Barcelona 2012 59.20 m Junior Asian Championships gold Colombo 2012 53.02 m
last change: October 1st, 2019

Liu Shiying (born September 24, 1993 ) is a Chinese javelin thrower .

Athletic career

Liu Shiying gained her first international experience at the Junior Asian Championships 2012 in Colombo , where she won the gold medal with 53.02 m. She qualified for the Junior World Championships in Barcelona , where she won the silver medal behind the Swede Sofi Flink with 59.20 m . In 2015 she won the gold medal at the Asian Championships in Wuhan with 61.33 m . The following year she qualified for the first time for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she was eliminated with 57.16 m in the first round . In 2017 she was eighth in the final with 62.84 m at the World Championships in London . In 2018 she won the gold medal at the Asian Games in Jakarta with 66.09 m and thus prevailed against her compatriot and Asian record holder Lü Huihui . At the 2019 World Championships in Doha, she won the silver medal behind Australian Kelsey-Lee Barber with 65.88 m .

Web links

• Liu Shiying in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jon Mulkeen: Report: women's javelin - IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 ( English ) IAAF. October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2019.

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