Feng Bin

Feng Bin (simplified Chinese: 冯彬; traditional Chinese: 馮彬; pinyin: Féng Bīn, born 3 April 1994) is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw. She won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Her personal best is 69.12 m (226 ft 9+1⁄4 in), set in 2022 World Athletics Championships to win the world title.^[2] She was the 2016 winner of the Chinese Athletics Championships.^[3]

Feng Bin

Feng Bin at the 2022 World Athletics Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1994-04-03) April 3, 1994 (age 30) Penglai District, China
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	Discus throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Discus throw: 69.12 m (2022)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  China Olympic Games 2024 Paris Discus throw World Championships 2022 Eugene Discus throw 2023 Budapest Discus throw Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Discus throw 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Discus throw

She began discus throwing in her early teens and competed at the World Youth Championships in Athletics in 2011, placing fourth.^[4] Feng broke through at senior level with a gold medal win at the 2015 Military World Games in a personal best of 62.07 m.^[5] At the 2016 Summer Olympics she was one of three Chinese throwers to make the discus final, alongside medallist Su Xinyue and Chen Yang.^[6]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2011	World Youth Championships	Lille, France	4th	Discus throw	51.25 m
2015	Military World Games	Mungyeong, South Korea	1st	Discus throw	62.07 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	8th	Discus throw	63.06 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	8th	Discus throw	61.56 m
2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	2nd	Discus throw	64.25 m
2019	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	1st	Discus throw	65.36 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	5th	Discus throw	62.48 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	17th (q)	Discus throw	60.45 m
2022	World Championships	Eugene, Oregon, United States	1st	Discus throw	69.12 m
2023	Asian Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	1st	Discus throw	66.42 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	Discus throw	68.20 m
	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	1st	Discus throw	67.93 m
2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	2nd	Discus throw	67.51 m

References

1. Feng Bin Archived 2016-08-26 at the Wayback Machine. Rio2016. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
2. Mulkeen, Jon (2016-05-21). Wlodarczyk throws world-leading 79.48m in Halle. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
3. Feng Bin Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
4. Bin Feng. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
5. Mills, Steven (2015-10-08). Mixed fortunes for world champions at World Military Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
6. China makes new Olympic breakthroughs in field sports. China Daily (2016-08-18). Retrieved on 2016-08-19.

External links

• Feng Bin at World Athletics
• Feng Bin at Olympics.com
• Feng Bin at the Chinese Olympic Committee (archived)
• Feng Bin at Olympedia