Lin Chia-ying explained

Lin Chia-ying (; born 11 May 1982 in Taichung City) is a Taiwanese shot putter.

Biography

She finished ninth at the 2005 Summer Universiade, eighth at the 2005 Asian Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games. She also competed at the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships, 2008 Olympic Games, the 2012 Olympic Games and the 2014 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final round.

Her personal best throw is 17.48 metres, set at the 2014 Asian Games.

She started to work in National Taiwan Sport University as a throwing coach from 2011 but still acts as an active athlete for TPE team.

Competition record

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Representing
2005	Universiade	Izmir, Turkey	9th	14.94 m
	Asian Championships	Incheon, South Korea	8th	15.21 m
2006	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	3rd	16.70 m
2007	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	3rd	16.46 m
	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	6th	16.19 m
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	25th (q)	16.41 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	16th (q)	15.77 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	28th (q)	16.32 m
2009	Asian Championships	Guangzhou, China	4th	16.18 m
	Asian Indoor Games	Hanoi, Vietnam	3rd	16.08 m
	East Asian Games	Hong Kong, China	3rd	15.47 m
2010	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	4th	17.06 m
2011	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	5th	16.17 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	25th (q)	17.43 m
2013	Asian Championships	Pune, India	6th	16.47 m
	East Asian Games	Tianjin, China	bgcolor=silver	2nd	16.95 m
2014	Asian Indoor Championships	Hangzhou, China	3rd	16.52 m
	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	19th (q)	16.31 m
	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	4th	17.48 m
2015	Asian Championships	Wuhan, China	4th	15.58 m
2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	4th	16.30 m
2019	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	6th	15.32 m