Zhang Hai Yuan (born June 12, 1977)
is a
Chinese track and field athlete
Track and field is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of ...
.
Zhang represented the
People's Republic of China at the
2004 Summer Paralympics
)
, nations = 136
, athletes = 3,806
, events = 519 in 19 sports
, opening = 17 September
, closing = 28 September
, opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos
, cauldron = Georgios Toptsis
, stadium = Olympic ...
in
Athens, where she won gold in the
long jump (F42 disability category), setting a new world record with a jump of 3.67 metres.
In 2006, Zhang competed at the
FESPIC Games
The FESPIC Games or the Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled, was a multi-sport event in Asia and the South Pacific region which is considered to be a precursor to the Asian Para Games, as two of its edition games in 1999 (7th) and ...
in
Kuala Lumpur, and won set a world record in the
pole vault, winning gold.
She also competes in
high jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
and
javelin
A javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown, historically as a ranged weapon, but today predominantly for sport. The javelin is almost always thrown by hand, unlike the sling, bow, and crossbow, which launch projectiles with th ...
events.
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Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic athletes of China
Paralympic gold medalists for China
1977 births
Living people
Chinese female long jumpers
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
FESPIC Games competitors
21st-century Chinese women
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