GAO Yang

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Shot Put
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Qual. (16.17)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Shot Put
2017	London, GBR	5th (18.25)
2015	Beijing, CHN	5th (19.04)

Asian Games

Year	Location	Shot Put
2018	Indonesia	2nd (17.64)

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

Year	Shot Put
2018	1 x 7th
2017	1 x 10th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
7	2018	Shot Put	Shanghai, CHN	18.12
10	2017	Shot Put	Shanghai, CHN	17.40

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	Shot Put
2018	Birmingham, GBR	4th (18.77)

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

Armed Forces Athlete

Physical Education - Beijing Normal University, People's Republic of China

Mandarin

Jiangsu Province [People's Republic of China]

She took up the sport in 2012 in Beijing, People's Republic of China. (Athlete, 11 Aug 2016)

She liked the sport. (Athlete, 11 Aug 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sports.eastday.com, 15 Aug 2017; athletics.org.cn, 31 Mar 2021)

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

Her father. (Athlete, 11 Aug 2016)

"Never give up." (Athlete, 11 Aug 2016)

In 2013 she was named an Elite Athlete of International Class by the General Administration of Sport of China. (sport.gov.cn, 10 Oct 2013)