Fu Yanlong (born 23 June 1988) 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 ...

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from

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competing mainly in F42 classification throwing events.

Athletics history

Fu represented China at the

2012 Summer 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 Gam ...

in London, entering the discus and Javelin throw events (F42). In the discus he finished ninth, but a throw of 52.79 metres in the javelin gave him a Paralympic gold medal. As well as the Paralympics Hou has also been part of two Chinese teams to compete at the IPC Athletics World Championships, in 2013 in Lyon and 2015 in Doha. In Lyon he won the silver in the F42 javelin.

Personal history

Fu was born in Jilin, China in 1988. At the age of one he was diagnosed with polio, which has resulted in an impairment to his leg.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fu, Yanlong Paralympic athletes for China Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for China Living people Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Chinese male discus throwers Chinese male javelin throwers Chinese male shot putters Athletes from Jilin 1988 births Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) 21st-century Chinese people Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships