Liu Shiying (; born 24 September 1993) is a Chinese athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She is the first Asian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in women's javelin throw.
Career Born in Muping County, Yantai, Shandong Province,Jalava, Mirko (23 April 2012). Several junior world leads posted in Changzhou. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-08. Liu competed in track and field as a teenager and came to prominence nationally with a win at the Chinese City Games.Jalava, Mirko (25 October 2011). Asian junior men's Shot Put record in Nanchang as Chinese City Games Conclude. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-08. 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 .
She entered the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics as the leading athlete and improved her best to in the qualifying round.Martin, David (10 July 2012). Driouch and Dirirsa commence rivalry – 2 World leading performances – Barcelona 2012 – Day One morning session. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-08. She improved again to 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.Valiente, Emeterio (11 July 2012). Barcelona 2012 – Event Report – Women's Javelin Throw Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-08. She had won a gold medal herself at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships a month earlier.Krishnan, Ram. Murali (13 June 2012). Ashraf steals the show in Asian Juniors with 80.85m world junior hammer lead. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-08.
Liu made a gradual progression into the senior ranks. She was sixth at the 2012 Chinese Athletics Championships,Jalava, Mirko (26 September 2012). Chinese championships close out domestic season well. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-08. then improved to fourth behind Chang Chunfeng at the 12th Chinese National Games in 2013 with a personal best of – her first throw beyond sixty metres.Athletics results at China's National Games. Xinhua (9 September 2013). Retrieved on 2015-06-08. She did not compete at a major event in 2014, but a new best throw of gave her her highest world ranking yet at 21st (behind only Asian Games winner Zhang Li among Asian women).Javelin Throw – women – senior – outdoor – 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 8 June 2015.Jalava, Mirko (29 March 2014). Wang smashes Asian hammer record in China. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-08.
She established herself internationally with a win at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships, taking the gold medal for China in a championship record of (beating the mark set by her compatriot Li Lingwei in 2013).China add four gold on final day to finish on top at Asian Championships. IAAF (7 June 2015). Retrieved on 2015-06-08.
On 6 August 2021, she won the gold medal in women's javelin throw at 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with , thereby becoming the first Asian to win an Olympic gold medal in women's javelin throw and the second Chinese athlete to be crowned the Olympic champion in any field event.
On 23 September 2021, she won the gold medal in women's javelin throw at the 2021 National Games of China in Shaanxi with 64.33 metres.Olympic champion Liu eases to javelin throw title at National Games
International competitions 2012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain2nd59.20Asian Junior ChampionshipsColombo, Sri Lanka1st53.022015Asian ChampionshipsWuhan, China1st61.33 2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil23rd (q)57.162017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom8th62.842018Asian GamesJakarta, Indonesia1st66.092019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar2nd65.88 m2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan1st66.34 m2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States4th63.25 m2023Asian ChampionshipsBangkok, Thailand2nd61.51 mWorld ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary6th61.66 mAsian GamesHangzhou, China5th57.62 m
Seasonal bests
2018: 2017: 2016: 2015: 2014: 2013: 2012: 2011: 2010:
All information from IAAF profile
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