Zheng Baozhu is a

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from the

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competing mainly in category F42/ F46 throwing events. She competed in 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 ...

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. There she won a gold medal in both the women's shot put F42/F46 event and the women's discus throw F42/F46 event. She also marginally missed out on a medal in the women's F42/F46 javelin throw, missing third place by just 4 points. Four years later she returned to compete in her home country in the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

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. There she retained her gold medal in the women's shot put F42/F46 event, she won a bronze medal in the F42/F46 discus throw and again finished fourth in the F42/F46 javelin throw.

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