Yan Ziyi (Chinese: 严子怡; pinyin: yán zǐ yí; born 22 May 2008) is a Chinese track and field athlete. In 2024, she set a world under-20 record for the javelin throw.[1] She won the gold medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships.
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| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 May 2008 Ningbo, China | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Javelin | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | Javelin: 64.28m (Hangzhou, 2024) WU20R | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editYan began surpassing 60m regularly 2024, winning her country's women's javelin title in March 2024 in Tianjin with a throw of 61.31 meters.[2] She threw past 60m in four of her five competitions in 2024 and set a personal best mark of 62.23m in Chengdu in April 2024.[3] Later that month, she set a under-20 world record for the javelin with a throw of 64.28m to win at the China Athletics GP, breaking Yulenmis Aguilar mark of 63.86m from 2015.The throw also beat the unratified mark of 63.96m achieved by Greek Elina Tzengko in 2020.[4] However, Yan was not allowed to compete in the 2024 Olympics due to the age limit set by World Athletics.[5] On 30 August 2024, Yan won the gold medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Ziyi Yan". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "The 15-year-old Chinese threw a great result in the javelin". Etusuora.com. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "15-year-old Yan Ziyi sets javelin throw world junior record, throws 64.28m". TheBridge.in. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Perez launches discus 73.09m, Sears clocks 10.77 for 100m"". World Athletics. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Qualification system published for Paris 2024 Olympic Games". worldathletics.org. 2022-12-20. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ "Jarvinen threatens world U20 decathlon record to get gold in Lima". worldathletics.org. 2024-08-31. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
