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Yang Liwan
The basics
Quick facts
Gender:
Female
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Birth:
18 January 1978(Shishi, Quanzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Yang Liwan (born 18 January 1978) is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in category F54 throwing events.
Athletic career
Yang made her first appearance at a Summer Paralympics in the 2008 Games in Beijing. She entered both the shot put and javelin throw, finishing seventh and eighth respectively. Four years later she appeared at the 2012 Paralympics in London, winning gold in both the javelin and the shot put.
As well as her Paralympic success, Yang has also found success at World Championship level. At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha she won gold in the shot put along with a silver in the javelin.
Personal history
Yang was born in Shishi, China in 1978. In 1996 she was struck by a falling object resulting in paraplegia.