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| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 January 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Discus: 64.49m (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jiang Zhichao (born 6 January 2005) is a Chinese discus thrower. She was a silver medalist at the 2022 Asian Games, having also previously been a silver medalist at the U20 Asian Championships. She competed for China at the 2024 Olympic Games. [1]
She was a silver medal winner at the 2023 Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Yecheon, South Korea, with a throw of 55.93 metres in June 2023, to finish runner-up behind compatriot Huang Jingru. [2]
In September 2023, she was a silver medalist at the delayed 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou in October 2023, finishing runner-up to compatriot Feng Bin with a throw of 61.04 metres, a new personal best. [3] [4] [5] She had previously also been runner-up to Feng Bin at the Chinese Athletics Championships in June 2023, throwing 60.19 metres. [6]
She improved her personal best to 64.49 metres competing in Germany in May 2024. [7] She was runner up to Feng Bin again at the Chinese Athletics Championships in June 2024, throwing 60.94 metres. [8] She was selected to compete in the discus throw at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she managed a distance of 59.10 metres and did not qualify for the final. [9] [10]
She threw 60.10 metres to finish eighth at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025. [11]
