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| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 January 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | Discus: 57.52m (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Huang Jingru (born 25 January 2005) is a Chinese discus thrower. She won the 2023 Asian U20 Championships and won silver at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships. [1]
She won gold in the discus throw at the 2023 Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Yecheon, South Korea in June 2023. [2]
She increased her personal best to 57.52m in June 2024. [3] She won silver in the discus throw at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru on 28 August 2024. [4] She had qualified first at the event, with a throw of 56.45 metres in the preliminary round. [5] [6]
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