Gu Yuan (; born May 9, 1982) is a female

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er from

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. She was born in

Yingkou Yingkou () is a coastal prefecture-level city of central southern Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, on the northeastern shore of Liaodong Bay. It is the third-smallest city in Liaoning with a total area of , and the ninth most popul ...

, Liaoning. Her personal best throw is 72.36 metres, achieved in July 2004 in

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International competitions

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* * 1982 births Living people Athletes from Liaoning People from Yingkou Chinese female hammer throwers Olympic athletes of China Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for China Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Competitors at the 2007 Summer Universiade 20th-century Chinese women 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub