WANG Yanzhang

People's Republic of China

Date of Birth: 31 May 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Sport Class: F34

Place of birth: SHANGHAI

Birth Country:

People's Republic of China

Place of residence : SHANGHAI

Residence Country:

People's Republic of China

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Shot Put - F34	7
	Men's Javelin Throw - F34	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Seated Javelin	Men's Javelin Throw - F34 Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Seated Shot Put	Men's Shot Put - F34 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	Men's Discus Throw F32/33/34	2012	London, GBR	49.03
2	Javelin Throw - F34	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	34.15
2	Men's Javelin Throw F33/34	2012	London, GBR	38.23
4	Shot Put - F34	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	10.86
8	Shot Put - F34	2012	London, GBR	11.00
World Championships
1	Men's Discus Throw F34	2017	London, GBR	37.16
1	Men's Discus Throw F34	2015	Doha, QAT	41.93
1	Javelin Throw - F34	2015	Doha, QAT	38.05
2	Javelin Throw - F34	2019	Dubai, UAE	34.34
2	Men's Discus Throw F32/33/34	2013	Lyon, FRA	46.79
2	Men's Javelin Throw F33/34	2013	Lyon, FRA	39.45
3	Javelin Throw - F34	2017	London, GBR	33.32
5	Shot Put - F34	2017	London, GBR	10.28
5	Shot Put - F34	2015	Doha, QAT	10.24
5	Shot Put - F34	2013	Lyon, FRA	12.00
8	Shot Put - F34	2019	Dubai, UAE	10.14
Asian Para Games
3	Men's Javelin Throw F33/34	2018	Jakarta, INA	31.69
3	Shot Put - F34	2018	Jakarta, INA	11.13

Throwing King (enorth.com.cn, 19 Sep 2012)

Occupation:

Shanghai University of Sport, China

Languages spoken:

English, Mandarin

Shanghai [China]

2012 for China, Paralympic Games in London, Great Britain (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

He suffered a lower spine injury while competing in 2013. (sports.eastday.com, 22 Nov 2018)

National team:

2011 (yptimes.cn, 04 Sep 2012)

He took up the sport in 2004 in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

He was encouraged to take up Para athletics by his family and coach Xiao Wenfei, who scouted him. (jfdaily.com, 30 Sep 2017; Athlete, 17 Jul 2017)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (shzw.eastday.com, 06 May 2020)

Winning gold in the F32/33/34 discus at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (SportsDeskOnline, 09 Apr 2021; Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

US boxer Mike Tyson, Chinese basketball player Yao Ming. (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017)

Coach Shen Gang and his mother. (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017)

Philosophy:

"Be the strongest me." (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017)

In 2015 he was named among the 10 Outstanding Young People of Shanghai in the People's Republic of China. (gov.eastday.com, 01 Jun 2015)

General Interest

Classification
F34 (IPC, 23 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Cerebral Palsy (Athlete, 17 Jul 2017)

Impairment Details
He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at age three. (jfdaily.com, 30 Sep 2017)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2018 he was elected as an athlete member of the Asian Paralympic Committee. (sports.sina.com.cn, 22 Nov 2018)

Legend

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

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