Feng Bin
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Chinese |
Born | Penglai District, China | April 3, 1994
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1] |
Weight | 95 kg (209 lb)[1] |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | Discus throw |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | Discus throw: 65.14 m (2016) |
Feng Bin (born 3 April 1994) is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw. She represented her country at the 2016 Rio Olympics, finishing eighth in the final. Her personal best is 65.14 m (213 ft 8+1⁄2 in), set in 2016.[2] She was the 2016 winner of the Chinese Athletics Championships.[3]
She began discus throwing in her early teens and competed at the World Youth Championships in Athletics in 2011, placing fourth.[4] Feng broke through at senior level with a gold medal win at the 2015 Military World Games in a personal best of 62.07 m.[5] At the 2016 Summer Olympics she was one of three Chinese throwers to make the discus final, alongside medallist Su Xinyue and Chen Yang.[6]
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2011 | World Youth Championships | Lille, France | 4th | Discus throw | 51.25 m |
2015 | Military World Games | Mungyeong, South Korea | 1st | Discus throw | 62.07 m |
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 8th | Discus throw | 63.06 m |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 8th | Discus throw | 61.56 m |
2018 | Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 2nd | Discus throw | 64.25 m |
2019 | Asian Championships | Doha, Qatar | 1st | Discus throw | 65.36 m |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 5th | Discus throw | 62.48 m | |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 17th (q) | Discus throw | 60.45 m |
References[]
- ^ a b Feng Bin Archived 2016-08-26 at the Wayback Machine. Rio2016. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
- ^ Mulkeen, Jon (2016-05-21). Wlodarczyk throws world-leading 79.48m in Halle. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
- ^ Feng Bin. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
- ^ Bin Feng. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
- ^ Mills, Steven (2015-10-08). Mixed fortunes for world champions at World Military Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
- ^ China makes new Olympic breakthroughs in field sports. China Daily (2016-08-18). Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
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Categories:
- Living people
- 1994 births
- Chinese female discus throwers
- Olympic athletes of China
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for China
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics