Zhang Wenxiu (, born 22 March 1986 in Dalian, Liaoning) is a retired Chinese female

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She won the 2005 Asian Championships and

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. She finished tenth at the 2001 World Championships, seventh at the 2004 Olympics, fifth at the 2005 World Championships and fourth at the

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. She then won bronze medals at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games. She also holds the world junior record with 73.24 metres, achieved in June 2005 in

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. At 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, she originally won the gold medal but was stripped of it after testing positive for the prohibited substance

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. Zhang was reinstated after successfully appealing the decision to the

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(CAS), which accepted her explanation that the zeranol came from contaminated food.

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* 1986 births Living people Athletes from Dalian Chinese female hammer throwers Olympic athletes of China Olympic bronze medalists for China Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics 2016 Olympic silver medalists for China Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) 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 World Athletics Championships medalists Doping cases in athletics Chinese sportspeople in doping cases World Athletics Championships athletes for China Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Olympic silver medalists for China 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub

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