Yang Liwan (born 18 January 1978) is a
Paralympian
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
athlete from
China competing mainly in category
F54 throwing events.
Athletic career
Yang made her first appearance at a
Summer Paralympics in the
2008 Games in
Beijing
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.
She entered both the
shot put and
javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the wom ...
, finishing seventh and eighth respectively.
Four years later she appeared at the
2012 Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Game ...
in London, winning gold in both the javelin and the shot put.
As well as her Paralympic success, Yang has also found success at World Championship level. At the
2015 IPC Athletics World Championships
The 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships were a Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. The event was the 7th edition of what is now known as the World Para ...
in Doha she won gold in the shot put along with a silver in the javelin.
Personal history
Yang was born in
Shishi, China in 1978. In 1996 she was struck by a falling object resulting in
paraplegia.
References
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1978 births
Paralympic athletes of China
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic gold medalists for China
Paralympic bronze medalists for China
Chinese female discus throwers
Chinese female shot putters
Chinese female javelin throwers
Living people
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
People from Shishi, Fujian
Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
Sportspeople from Quanzhou
Wheelchair discus throwers
Wheelchair shot putters
Wheelchair javelin throwers
Paralympic discus throwers
Paralympic shot putters
Paralympic javelin throwers
21st-century Chinese women