Dai Qianqian

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Dai Qianqian
Personal information
Born (2000-08-23) 23 August 2000 (age 24)
Sport
Country China
Sport Athletics
Event Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal bestJavelin 64.38m (2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gifu Javelin
World U18 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Nairobi Javelin

Dai Qianqian (born 23 August 2000) is a Chinese javelin thrower. She competed at the 2024 Olympic Games. [1]

Career

In 2017, she won the bronze medal at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya with a throw of 54.96 metres. [2] [3]

In June 2018, she won the bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Gifu, Japan, with a throw of 53.29 metres. [3] [4] she improved her personal best to 55.46m in 2018. [3] She then took sixth place at the 2018 World Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere with a throw of 52.95 metres, the following month. [5]

In April 2024, she won the javelin throw event at the 2024 Xiamen Diamond League event in China. [6] [7] She was selected to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she managed a distance of 56.13 metres and did not qualify for the final. [8] [9]

She finishes fourth in the javelin throw event at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League in China in April 2025. [10] She threw a personal best 64.38 metres with her final throw of the competition to finish second at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event in China, on 3 May 2025. [11] [12]

References

  1. "Dai Qianqian". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  2. "IAAF World U18 Championships". World Athletics. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Preview: women's javelin – IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018". World Athletics. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  4. "Gifu Asian Junior Championships". World Athletics. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  5. "IAAF World U20 Championships". World Athletics. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  6. "World Championships javelin rematch the highlight in Tokyo". World Athletics. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  7. "Wanda Diamond League Xiamen". World Athletics. 20 July 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  8. "The XXXIII Olympic Games". World Athletics. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  9. "Chinese team announced for Paris Olympics". World Athletics. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  10. "Xiamen Diamond League Results: Here's Who Won". Flotrack. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  11. "Yangtze River Delta Athletics Diamond Gala". World Athletics. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  12. "Tinch and Duplantis fly in Shanghai/Keqiao". World Athletics. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.