Zhang Jiale

Zhang Jiale

Personal information
Born	(2006-10-22) 22 October 2006 (age 18)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer throw
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   China World U20 Championships 2024 Lima Hammer throw Asian U20 Championships 2024 Dubai Hammer throw Asian U18 Championships 2023 Tashkent Hammer throw

Zhang Jiale (born 22 October 2006) is a Chinese hammer thrower. She won the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships, and in 2025 set a new U20 world record. ^[1]

Career

She threw 66.81 metres to win the 2023 Asian U18 Athletics Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. ^[2]

In April 2024, she won the hammer throw at the Asian Athletics U20 Championships in Dubai with a throw of 66.79 metres. ^[3]

She threw 68.95 metres to win the gold medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the hammer throw in Lima, Peru, having also qualified with the best distance, with a 65.73m effort in the second round. ^{[4] [5]}

She threw 75.14m at the Hammerwurf-Meeting in Fränkisch-Crumbach, Germany to break the U20 world record by 1.70 metres, in June 2025. The previous best mark was 73.43m set by the Silja Kosonen in 2021. ^{[6] [7]} She broke her own record in August at the Chinese Championships in Quzhou with a throw of 77.24m. ^[8]

References

1. "Zhang Jiale". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
2. "5TH ASIAN U18 ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS, TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN". Asian Athletics. 29 Apr 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
3. "21st Asian U20 Athletics". World Athletics. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
4. "World U20 Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
5. "Farkas flies to national U20 long jump record on third morning in Lima". World Athletics. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
6. Athletics, World [@WorldAthetics] (8 June 2025). "Monster throw 🤯 🇨🇳's Zhang Jiale launches the hammer 75.14m at the Hammerwurf-Meeting Fränkisch-Crumbach and smashes the U20 world record by 1.70 metres 🔥 The 18-year-old world U20 champ finishes second behind the Olympic bronze medallist Zhao Jie 👀" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 June 2025– via Twitter.
7. "Zhang throws world U20 hammer record in Fränkisch-Crumbach". World Athletics. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
8. Trapnell, Jasmine (3 August 2025). "Records fall around the world as athletes target Tokyo". World Athletics .