Ma Xuejun (, born 26 March 1985, in

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

) is a

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discus thrower. Her personal best throw is 65.00 metres, first achieved in August 2006 in

Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang (; ; Mandarin: ), formerly known as Shimen and romanized as Shihkiachwang, is the capital and most populous city of China’s North China's Hebei Province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about southwest of Beijin ...

. The Chinese, and Asian, record is currently held by

Xiao Yanling Xiao Yanling (; born 27 April 1968) is a Chinese discus thrower. Her personal best throw was 71.68 metres, achieved in March 1992 in Beijing. This is the current Asian record. She failed a drug test in 1992. She won the gold med ...

with 71.68 metres.Area Outdoor Records – Women – Asia
– IAAF.org She was successful on junior level, winning both the 2001 World Youth Championships, the 2002 World Junior Championships and the 2004 World Junior Championships. Her first medal on senior level was a silver medal at the

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. She then finished eight at the 2007 World Championships.

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* 1985 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Chinese female discus throwers Olympic athletes for China Athletes from Shandong Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub