GONG Lijiao

People's Republic of China

Date of Birth: 24 Jan 1989

Age: 34

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.75/5'9''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Shot Put	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium	Women's Shot Put Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Asian Games
1	Women's Shot Put	2018	Indonesia	19.66
1	Women's Shot Put	2014	Incheon, KOR	19.06
2	Women's Shot Put	2010	Guangzhou, CHN	19.67
Olympic Games
1	Women's Shot Put	2020	Tokyo, JPN	20.58
2	Women's Shot Put	2012	London, GBR	20.22
3	Women's Shot Put	2008	Beijing, CHN	19.20
4	Women's Shot Put	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	19.39
World Championships
1	Women's Shot Put	2019	Doha, QAT	19.55
1	Women's Shot Put	2017	London, GBR	19.94
2	Women's Shot Put	2022	Eugene, OR, USA	20.39
2	Women's Shot Put	2015	Beijing, CHN	20.30
3	Women's Shot Put	2023	Budapest, HUN	19.69
3	Women's Shot Put	2013	Moscow, RUS	19.95
3	Women's Shot Put	2011	Daegu, KOR	19.97
3	Women's Shot Put	2009	Berlin, GER	19.89
7	Women's Shot Put	2007	Osaka, JPN	18.66
Diamond League
1	Women's Shot Put	2019	Zurich, SUI	20.31
1	Women's Shot Put	2019	Stanford, CA, USA	19.79
1	Women's Shot Put	2019	Oslo, NOR	19.51
1	Women's Shot Put	2018	Brussels, BEL	19.83
1	Women's Shot Put	2018	Monaco, MON	20.31
1	Women's Shot Put	2018	Shanghai, CHN	19.99
1	Women's Shot Put	2017	Zurich, SUI	19.60
1	Women's Shot Put	2017	Paris, FRA	19.14
1	Women's Shot Put	2017	Rome, ITA	19.56
1	Women's Shot Put	2017	Shanghai, CHN	19.46
1	Women's Shot Put	2015	Shanghai, CHN	20.23
2	Women's Shot Put	2019	Shanghai, CHN	19.44
2	Women's Shot Put	2015	Paris, FRA	19.75
World Challenge
1	Women's Shot Put	2019	Nanjing, CHN	19.84
2	Women's Shot Put	2015	Beijing, CHN	19.50
Asian Championships
1	Women's Shot Put	2019	Doha, QAT	19.18
1	Women's Shot Put	2009	Guangzhou, CHN	19.04
World Indoor Championships
3	Women's Shot Put	2018	Birmingham, GBR	19.08

Occupation:

Athlete, Coach, Sports Administrator

Business Administration - University of Science and Technology Beijing, People's Republic of China

Languages spoken:

Hebei Province [People's Republic of China]

2007 for People's Republic of China, World Championships in Osaka, Japan (Athlete, 11 Aug 2016)

She sustained a knee injury in early 2023. (new.qq.com, 08 Mar 2023)

In April 2020 she began receiving treatment for a knee injury that lasted for around six months. (news.cctv.com, 20 Aug 2021)

She struggled with a left knee injury in early 2018. She received treatment for the injury but was able to continue training. (sports.people.com.cn, 25 Jan 2018)

She sustained a knee injury at the end of 2017, and returned to training six weeks before the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, England. She went on to win a bronze medal at the event. (china.org.cn, 03 Mar 2018)

In 2010 she suffered a right ankle injury that continued to trouble her for some time afterwards. (Athlete, 11 Aug 2016)

She took up the sport in 2000 at primary school in Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China. (Athlete, 11 Aug 2016)

A coach from Shijiazhuang City Sports School encouraged her to take up the sport. (sohu.com, 10 Aug 2017; womenofchina.cn, 18 Oct 2017)

To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, and to register a throw over 21 metres. (news.cn, 17 Jul 2022; heb.hebei.com.cn, 14 Sep 2021; news.cctv.com, 20 Aug 2021; Hebei Daily, 01 Oct 2022)

"Now [speaking in 2023] I can't throw 200 times a day like before, because of my age. If I throw too much a day, I will not be able to recover by the second day and will affect my training. So I throw on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday now and focus more on the technique." (new.qq.com, 08 Mar 2023)

Winning gold in shot put at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (content-static.cctvnews.cctv.com, 08 Nov 2022)

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang. (Athlete, 11 Aug 2016)

She listens to music while training. (sports.sina.com.cn, 05 Mar 2021)

Philosophy:

"There is nothing better than a dream worth pursuing." (Athlete, 11 Aug 2016)

In 2018 she was named one of the Top 10 Chinese Athletes of the Year by Xinhua News Agency. (sports.xinhuanet.com, 26 Dec 2018)

In 2015 she was named a Top 10 Athlete by the provincial government in Hebei, People's Republic of China. (hebei.hebnews.cn, 23 Feb 2016)

Additional Information

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In January 2023 she was elected vice president of the Chinese Athletics Association [CAA]. (m.gmw.cn, 14 Jan 2023)

OLYMPIC UPGRADES
She initially finished fifth in shot put at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, but in 2019 she was upgraded to the bronze medal position after two athletes who originally finished ahead of her were disqualified for anti-doping rule violations. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London she initially finished fourth but was promoted to the bronze medal position in August 2012, and subsequently to the silver medal position in August 2016, following the disqualification of two athletes who finished ahead of her due to anti-doping rule violations. (olympic.org, 13 Aug 2012, 20 Aug 2016; insidethegames.biz, 18 May 2020)

OTHER STUDIES
In 2018 she began studying for a degree in athletic training at Beijing Sport University in the People's Republic of China. (Weibo profile, 19 Oct 2018; m.sohu.com, 03 Nov 2018)

Legend

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