Zhang Wenxiu Explained

Zhang Wenxiu
Headercolor:	lightsteelblue
Nationality:	Chinese
Birth Date:	22 March 1986
Birth Place:	Liaoning, China
Weight:	113kg (249lb)
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Hammer throw
Pb:	77.33 m (2014)

Zhang Wenxiu (born 22 March 1986 in Dalian, Liaoning) is a retired Chinese female hammer thrower.

Career

She won the 2005 Asian Championships and 2006 Asian Games. She finished tenth at the 2001 World Championships, seventh at the 2004 Olympics, fifth at the 2005 World Championships and fourth at the 2006 World Cup. She then won bronze medals at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games.

She also holds the world junior record with 73.24 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Changsha.^[1]

At 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, she originally won the gold medal but was stripped of it after testing positive for the prohibited substance zeranol. Zhang was reinstated after successfully appealing the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which accepted her explanation that the zeranol came from contaminated food.^[2]

Achievements

Representing
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	11th	61.61 m
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	20th (q)	52.31 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	14th (q)	65.09 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	7th	72.03 m
2005	Asian Championships	Incheon, South Korea	1st	70.05 m
	East Asian Games	Macau	1st	72.23 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	69.82 m
2006	World Cup	Athens, Greece	4th	71.19 m^[3]
	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	1st	74.15 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	3rd	74.39 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	bgcolor=silver	2nd	74.32 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	5th	72.57 m
	Asian Championships	Guangzhou, China	1st	72.07 m
2010	Continental Cup	Split, Croatia	2nd	73.69 m^[4]
	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	1st	72.84 m
2011		Daegu, South Korea	3rd	75.03 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	3rd	76.34 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	2nd	75.58 m
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	1st	77.33 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	bgcolor=silver	2nd	76.33 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	bgcolor=silver	2nd	76.75 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	4th	74.53 m

See also

• China at the World Championships in Athletics

Notes and References

1. http://www.gbrathletics.com/wrecj.htm World Junior Records and Best Performances
2. Web site: China hammer thrower's gold medal reinstated . . May 6, 2015 . August 14, 2015 . AFP . Agence France-Presse .
3. Representing Asia
4. Representing Asia-Pacific