Lin Chia-ying (; born 11 May 1982 in

Taichung City Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Tai ...

) is a Taiwanese shot putter.

Biography

She finished ninth at the 2005 Summer Universiade, eighth at the 2005 Asian Championships and won the bronze medal at the

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. She also competed at the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships, 2008 Olympic Games, the 2012 Olympic Games and the 2014 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final round. Her personal best throw is 17.48 metres, set at the 2014 Asian Games. She started to work in

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as a throwing coach from 2011 but still acts as an active athlete for TPE team.

Competition record

References

* 1982 births Living people Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Taiwan Sportspeople from Taichung Taiwanese female shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games {{Taiwan-athletics-bio-stub