Liu Shiying (athlete)


Liu Shiying is a Chinese female athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She has a personal best of, set in 2017. This is the current Asian record. She was the gold medallist at the Asian Athletics Championships in 2015 and finished second at the 2019 World Championships. Liu has also won junior medals at world and continental level.

Career

Born in Shandong, Liu competed in track and field as a teenager and came to prominence nationally with a win at the Chinese City Games. A win at the national junior championships in 2012 saw her rise to the top of the world junior rankings with a personal best of.
She entered the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics as the leading athlete and improved her best to in the qualifying round. She improved again to in the final and led until the final round when Sweden's Sofi Flinck had a large personal best to knock Liu into the silver medal position. She had won a gold medal herself at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships a month earlier.
Liu made a gradual progression into the senior ranks. She was sixth at the 2012 Chinese Athletics Championships, then improved to fourth behind Chang Chunfeng at the 12th Chinese National Games in 2013 with a personal best of – her first throw beyond sixty metres. She did not compete at a major event in 2014, but a new best throw of gave her her highest world ranking yet at 21st.
She established herself internationally with a win at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships, taking the gold medal for China in a championship record of .

International competitions

Seasonal bests

All information from IAAF profile