Gong Lijiao

Gong Lijiao

Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1989-01-24) 24 January 1989 Luquan, Hebei, China
Height
Weight	108 kg (238 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Shot put
Coached by	Li Meisu
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London Shot put World Championships 2015 Beijing Shot put 2009 Berlin Shot put 2013 Moscow Shot put World Indoor Championships 2014 Sopot Shot put

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Gong.

Gong Lijiao (Chinese: 巩立姣; born 24 January 1989) is a female Chinese shot putter.

Career

She finished seventh at the 2007 World Championships, her international debut. At the 2008 Olympic Games she finished fifth.

She set a personal best throw of 19.46 metres in the qualifying round of the 2008 Olympics; this was the furthest mark for a female Chinese shot putter for over a decade. At the 2009 National Games of China, Gong further improved her personal best to 19.82 m, taking her to tenth place on the all-time Chinese shot putter's list.

She won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin with a personal best of 19.89 metres.

She won the gold medal at the 2009 National Games of China in Jinan with a personal best of 20.35 metres.

She won the gold medal at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships in Guangzhou with a personal best of 19.04 metres.

She initially finished fourth in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, but was retroactively awarded the bronze medal after the winner, Nadzeya Ostapchuk, was disqualified for failing a drug test.

External links

• Gong Lijiao profile at IAAF