Guo Tianqian (born 1 June 1995 in

Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang (; ; Mandarin: ), formerly known as Shimen and romanized as Shihkiachwang, is the capital and most populous city of China’s North China's Hebei Province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about southwest of Beijin ...

) 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 is the 2011 youth and 2014 junior champion in the event. She won her first major senior medal, a bronze, at the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

. Her personal best is 18.08 metres outdoors (Jinan 2014) and 16.96 metres indoors (Nanjing 2013).

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* 1995 births Living people Chinese female shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for China Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub