Jiang Zhichao
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| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 January 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Discus: 64.49m (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Jiang Zhichao (born 6 January 2005) is a Chinese discus thrower. She was a silver medalist at the 2022 Asian Games, having also previously been a silver medalist at the U20 Asian Championships. She competed for China at the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]
Career
[edit]She was a silver medal winner at the 2023 Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Yecheon, South Korea, with a throw of 55.93 metres in June 2023, to finish runner-up behind compatriot Huang Jingru.[2]
In September 2023, she was a silver medalist at the delayed 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou in October 2023, finishing runner-up to compatriot Feng Bin with a throw of 61.04 metres, a new personal best.[3][4][5] She had previously also been runner-up to Feng Bin at the Chinese Athletics Championships in June 2023, throwing 60.19 metres.[6]
She improved her personal best to 64.49 metres competing in Germany in May 2024.[7] She was runner up to Feng Bin again at the Chinese Athletics Championships in June 2024, throwing 60.94 metres.[8] She was selected to compete in the discus throw at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she managed a distance of 59.10 metres and did not qualify for the final.[9][10]
She threw 60.10 metres to finish eighth at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jiang Zhichao". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ "20th Asian U20 Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ "19th Asian Games". World Athletics. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ "Feng, Sable set new Asian Games records in athletics". Shine.cn. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ "Feng's gold leaves little to discus". China Daily. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ "Chinese Championships". World Athletics. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ "Deutscher Wurf - Cup 2024". World Athletics. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ "Chinese Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ "Women's Discus Throw Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "Chinese team announced for Paris Olympics". World Athletics. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ "Results - Xiamen Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
