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Liu Shiying
Chinese athletics competitor

Liu Shiying

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Biography

Liu Shiying (born 24 September 1993) is a Chinese female track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She has a personal best of 62.77 m (205 ft 11 1⁄4 in), set in 2015. She was the gold medallist at the Asian Athletics Championships in 2015. Liu has also won junior medals at world and continental level.

Career

Born in Shandong, Liu competed in track and field as a teenager and came to prominence nationally with a win at the Chinese City Games. A win at the national junior championships in 2012 saw her rise to the top of the world junior rankings with a personal best of 57.52 m (188 ft 81⁄2 in).

She entered the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics as the leading athlete and improved her best to 58.47 m (191 ft 93⁄4 in) in the qualifying round. She improved again to 59.20 m (194 ft 21⁄2 in) in the final and led until the final round when Sweden's Sofi Flinck had a large personal best to knock Liu into the silver medal position. She had won a gold medal herself at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships a month earlier.

Liu made a gradual progression into the senior ranks. She was sixth at the 2012 Chinese Athletics Championships, then improved to fourth behind Chang Chunfeng at the 12th Chinese National Games in 2013 with a personal best of 60.23 m (197 ft 71⁄4 in) – her first throw beyond sixty metres. She did not compete at a major event in 2014, but a new best throw of 62.72 m (205 ft 91⁄4 in) gave her her highest world ranking yet at 21st (behind only Asian Games winner Zhang Li among Asian women).

She established herself internationally with a win at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships, taking the gold medal for China in a championship record of 61.33 m (201 ft 21⁄2 in) (beating the mark set by her compatriot Li Lingwei in 2013).

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
2012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain2nd59.20
Asian Junior ChampionshipsColombo, Sri Lanka1st53.02
2015Asian ChampionshipsWuhan, China1st61.33 CR
2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil23rd (q)57.16

Seasonal progression

  • 2015: 62.77 m (205 ft 111⁄4 in)
  • 2014: 62.72 m (205 ft 91⁄4 in)
  • 2013: 60.23 m (197 ft 71⁄4 in)
  • 2012: 59.20 m (194 ft 21⁄2 in)
  • 2011: 55.10 m (180 ft 91⁄4 in)
  • 2010: 50.92 m (167 ft 01⁄2 in)

All information from IAAF profile

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