GONG Lijiao

People's Republic of China

Date of Birth: 24 Jan 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Female

Place of birth: SHIJIAZHUANG

Birth Country:

People's Republic of China

Place of residence : BEIJING

Residence Country:

People's Republic of China

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Shot Put	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Shot Put B	Women's Shot Put Qualification - Group B	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Shot Put A	Women's Shot Put Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Shot Put
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4th (19.39)
2012	London, GBR	2nd (20.22)
2008	Beijing, CHN	3rd (19.20)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Shot Put
2019	Doha, QAT	1st (19.55)
2017	London, GBR	1st (19.94)
2015	Beijing, CHN	2nd (20.30)
2013	Moscow, RUS	3rd (19.95)
2011	Daegu, KOR	4th (19.97)
2009	Berlin, GER	3rd (19.89)
2007	Osaka, JPN	7th (18.66)

Asian Games

Year	Location	Shot Put
2018	Indonesia	1st (19.66)

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Shot Put
2019	Doha, QAT	1st (19.18)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Shot Put
2019	3 x 1st, 1 x 2nd
2018	3 x 1st
2017	4 x 1st

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2019	Shot Put	Zurich, SUI	20.31
1	2019	Shot Put	Stanford, CA, USA	19.79
1	2019	Shot Put	Oslo, NOR	19.51
1	2018	Shot Put	Brussels, BEL	19.83
1	2018	Shot Put	Monaco, MON	20.31
1	2018	Shot Put	Shanghai, CHN	19.99
1	2017	Shot Put	Zurich, SUI	19.60
1	2017	Shot Put	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	19.14
1	2017	Shot Put	Rome, ITA	19.56
1	2017	Shot Put	Shanghai, CHN	19.46

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2019	Shot Put	World Challenge	Nanjing, CHN	19.84

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	Shot Put
2018	Birmingham, GBR	3rd (19.08)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Football, online shopping, playing video games. (wemedia.ifeng.com, 14 May 2018; zhuzhouwang.com, 17 Apr 2018)

Occupation:

Business Administration - University of Science and Technology Beijing, People's Republic of China

Languages spoken:

Hebei Province [People's Republic of China]

Cong Yuzhen [national], CHN

2007 for People's Republic of China, World Championships in Osaka, Japan (Athlete, 11 Aug 2016)

She struggled with a left knee injury in early 2018. She received treatment for the injury, but was able to continue training. (sports.people.com.cn, 25 Jan 2018)

She sustained a knee injury at the end of 2017, and returned to training six weeks before the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, England. She went on to win a bronze medal at the event. (china.org.cn, 03 Mar 2018)

In 2010 she suffered a right ankle injury that continued to trouble her for some time afterwards. (Athlete, 11 Aug 2016)

She took up the sport in 2000 at primary school in Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China. (Athlete, 11 Aug 2016)

A coach from Shijiazhuang City Sports School encouraged her to take up the sport. (sohu.com, 10 Aug 2017; womenofchina.cn, 18 Oct 2017)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (news.sina.cn, 03 Sep 2020, 05 Mar 2021)

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang. (Athlete, 11 Aug 2016)

She listens to music while training. (sports.sina.com.cn, 05 Mar 2021)

Philosophy:

"There is nothing better than a dream worth pursuing." (Athlete, 11 Aug 2016)

In 2018 she was named one of the Top 10 Chinese Athletes of the Year by Xinhua News Agency. (sports.xinhuanet.com, 26 Dec 2018)

In 2015 she was named a Top 10 Athlete by the provincial government in Hebei, People's Republic of China. (hebei.hebnews.cn, 23 Feb 2016)

General Interest

General
OLYMPIC UPGRADES
She initially finished fifth in shot put at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, but in 2019 she was upgraded to the bronze medal position after two athletes who originally finished ahead of her were disqualified for anti-doping rule violations. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London she initially finished fourth but was promoted to the bronze medal position in August 2012, and subsequently to the silver medal position in August 2016, following the disqualification of two athletes who finished ahead of her due to anti-doping rule violations. (olympic.org, 13 Aug 2012, 20 Aug 2016; insidethegames.biz, 18 May 2020)

OTHER STUDIES
In 2018 she began studying for a degree in athletic training at Beijing Sport University in the People's Republic of China. (Weibo profile, 19 Oct 2018; m.sohu.com, 03 Nov 2018)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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