Zhang Wenxiu (, born 22 March 1986 in Dalian, Liaoning) is a retired Chinese female hammer thrower.
Career She won the 2005 Asian Championships and 2006 Asian Games. She finished tenth at the 2001 World Championships, seventh at the 2004 Olympics, fifth at the 2005 World Championships and fourth at the 2006 World Cup. She then won bronze medals at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games.
She also holds the world junior record with 73.24 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Changsha.World Junior Records and Best Performances – GBR Athletics
At 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, she originally won the gold medal but was stripped of it after testing positive for the prohibited substance zeranol. Zhang was reinstated after successfully appealing the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which accepted her explanation that the zeranol came from contaminated food.
Achievements Representing 2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada11th61.61 m2002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica20th (q)52.31 m2003World ChampionshipsParis, France14th (q)65.09 m2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece7th72.03 m2005Asian ChampionshipsIncheon, South Korea 1st70.05 mEast Asian GamesMacau 1st72.23 mWorld ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland4th69.82 m2006World CupAthens, Greece4th71.19 mRepresenting AsiaAsian GamesDoha, Qatar 1st74.15 m2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan 3rd74.39 m2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China2nd74.32 m2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany5th72.57 mAsian ChampionshipsGuangzhou, China 1st72.07 m2010Continental CupSplit, Croatia 2nd73.69 mRepresenting Asia-PacificAsian GamesGuangzhou, China 1st72.84 m2011World Championships Daegu, South Korea 3rd75.03 m2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom 3rd76.34 m2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia 2nd75.58 m2014Asian GamesIncheon, South Korea 1st77.33 m2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China2nd76.33 m2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil2nd76.75 m2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom4th74.53 m
See also China at the World Championships in Athletics
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