Zhang Li (; born 17 January 1989 in

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) is a female Chinese

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de ...

er. Her personal best throw is 65.47 metres, achieved in September 2014 in

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Biography

She won the 2005 World Youth Championships, finished fifth at the 2005 Asian Championships, fourth at the 2006 World Junior Championships, fourth at the 2008 World Junior Championships and tenth at the

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fr ...

. She won the silver medal in the women's javelin throw event at the

2009 East Asian Games The 2009 East Asian Games, officially known as the V East Asian Games, was an international multi-sport event that hosted by Hong Kong, between 5 December and 13 December 2009. A total of 2,377 athletes from 9 east asia, East Asian national compet ...

held in Hong Kong.

Achievements

References

Team China 2008

External links

* 1989 births Living people Chinese female javelin throwers Athletes from Jiangxi Olympic athletes for China Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for China Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games 21st-century Chinese sportswomen {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub