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Chinese shot putter
Huang Zhihong (
simplified Chinese: 黄志红;
traditional Chinese: 黃志紅;
pinyin: Huáng Zhìhóng); born May 7, 1965, in
Lanxi,
Jinhua,
Zhejiang) is a former
shot put athlete from
China. An Olympic silver medallist and a double world champion, she was in fact the first Asian to win a
world championship in athletics. Her personal best throw is 21.52, achieved in
Beijing 1990.
Achievements
Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Notes
|
Representing
China
|
1986
|
Asian Games
|
Seoul, South Korea
|
1st
|
17.51 m
|
1987
|
World Championships
|
Rome, Italy
|
11th
|
19.35 m
|
1988
|
Olympic Games
|
Seoul, South Korea
|
8th
|
19.82 m
|
1989
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Budapest,
Hungary
|
2nd
|
20.25 m
|
Universiade
|
Duisburg, West Germany
|
1st
|
20.56 m
|
Asian Championships
|
New Delhi, India
|
1st
|
19.69 m
|
World Cup
|
Barcelona,
Spain
|
1st
|
20.73 m
[1]
|
1990
|
Goodwill Games
|
Seattle,
United States
|
2nd
|
20.50 m
|
Asian Games
|
Beijing,
China
|
2nd
|
20.46 m
|
1991
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Seville,
Spain
|
2nd
|
20.33 m
|
Asian Championships
|
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
|
1st
|
17.51 m
|
World Championships
|
Tokyo,
Japan
|
1st
|
20.83 m
|
1992
|
Olympic Games
|
Barcelona, Spain
|
2nd
|
20.47 m
|
1993
|
World Championships
|
Stuttgart,
Germany
|
1st
|
20.57 m
|
1994
|
Goodwill Games
|
St. Petersburg, Russia
|
2nd
|
20.08 m
|
World Cup
|
London,
United Kingdom
|
1st
|
19.45 m
[1]
|
1995
|
World Championships
|
Gothenburg, Sweden
|
2nd
|
20.04 m
|
1997
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Paris, France
|
5th
|
18.67 m
|
World Championships
|
Athens, Greece
|
4th
|
19.15 m
|
See also
References
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