Gao Yang (born

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) is a Chinese athlete specialising in the

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

. She finished fifth at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing. In addition she won several medals on continental level and the silver at the 2012 World Junior Championships. Her personal bests in the event are 19.20 metres outdoors (Neubrandenburg 2016) and 18.77 metres indoors (Birmingham 2018).

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1993 births Living people Chinese female shot putters World Athletics Championships athletes for China Place of birth missing (living people) Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Olympic athletes for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub