Song Jiayuan (Chinese: 宋佳媛; born 15 September 1997) is a Chinese athlete specialising in the shot put who won bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[1] She represented her country at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without reaching the final. In 2016, she won a silver medal at the World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz.

Song Jiayuan
Personal information
Born (1997-09-15) 15 September 1997 (age 27)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventShot put
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Shot put
Summer World University Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Chengdu Shot put

Her personal bests in the event are 18.32 metres outdoors (Chengdu 2019) and 18.23 metres indoors (Hangzhou 2019).

International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing   China
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 2nd Shot put 16.36 m
2019 Asian Championships Doha, Qatar 3rd Shot put 17.70 m
Universiade Naples, Italy 8th Shot put 16.92 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 23rd (q) Shot put 17.24 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 5th Shot put 19.14 m
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 6th Shot put 19.57 m
2023 Asian Championships Bangkok, Thailand 1st Shot put 18.88 m
World University Games Chengdu, China 1st Shot put 18.56 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 11th Shot put 18.90 m
Asian Games Hangzhou, China 2nd Shot put 18.92 m
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 3rd Shot put 19.32 m

References

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