Sui Xinmei (隋新梅, born January 29, 1965) is a

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

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 ...

ter who won the silver medal at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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. She also won the

1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 3rd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo in Seville, Spain from March 8 to March 10, 1991. It was the first Indoor Championships to include relay races as well as women's triple j ...

as well as the

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

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and

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and the Asian Championships in 1995. She won silver medals at the 1998 Asian Championships and the 1997

East Asian Games The East Asian Games was a multi-sport event organized by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years from 1993 to 2013. Among those who competed included athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic C ...

. Her personal best of 21.66 m, thrown in Beijing in 1990, ranks her 10th on the shot put all-time lists.

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* 1965 births Living people Chinese female shot putters Olympic athletes of China Olympic silver medalists for China Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games Chinese sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games 20th-century Chinese women {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub

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