Bin Feng (, born 3 April 1994) is a Chinese

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who competes in the

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

. She represented her country at the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

, finishing eighth in the final. Her personal best is , set in

2022 World Athletics Championships The 2022 World Athletics Championships was the eighteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships. It was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, United States, from July 15–24, 2022, with the country hosting that competition for the f ...

to win the world title. She was the 2016 winner of the

Chinese Athletics Championships The Chinese Athletics Championships ( zh, 全国田径锦标赛) is an annual track and field competition which serves as the national championship for the People's Republic of China. It is organised by Chinese Athletic Association, China's nationa ...

. She began discus throwing in her early teens and competed at the

World Youth Championships in Athletics The IAAF U18 Championships in Athletics (until 2015 known as IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics) was a global athletics event comprising track and field events for competitors who were 17 or younger (youth = Under-18). The event was orga ...

in 2011, placing fourth. Feng broke through at senior level with a gold medal win at the

2015 Military World Games The 2015 Military World Games ( ko, 2015년 세계 군인 체육 대회, Icheon sip-o nyeon segye gun-in cheyuk daehoe, 2015 World Military Sports Festival), officially known as the 6th CISM Military World Games ( ko, 제6회 세계 군인 체육 ...

in a personal best of 62.07 m. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she was one of three Chinese throwers to make the discus final, alongside medallist Su Xinyue and Chen Yang.China makes new Olympic breakthroughs in field sports
China Daily (2016-08-18). Retrieved on 2016-08-19.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Feng, Bin Living people 1994 births Chinese female discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for China Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games World Athletics Championships winners Asian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Chinese women Military World Games gold medalists for China Military World Games medalists in athletics (track and field)