Huang Zhihong Explained

Huang Zhihong ; born May 7, 1965, in Lanxi, Jinhua, Zhejiang) is a former shot put athlete from China. An Olympic silver medallist and a double world champion, she was in fact the first Asian to win a world championship in athletics. Her personal best throw is 21.52, achieved in Beijing 1990.

Achievements

Representing
1986	Asian Games	Seoul, South Korea	1st	17.51 m
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	11th	19.35 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	8th	19.82 m
1989	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	20.25 m
	Universiade	Duisburg, West Germany	1st	20.56 m
	Asian Championships	New Delhi, India	1st	19.69 m
	World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	1st	20.73 m[1]
1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle, United States	2nd	20.50 m
	Asian Games	Beijing, China	2nd	20.46 m
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	2nd	20.33 m
	Asian Championships	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1st	17.51 m
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	1st	20.83 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	20.47 m
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	20.57 m
1994	Goodwill Games	St. Petersburg, Russia	2nd	20.08 m
	World Cup	London, United Kingdom	1st	19.45 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	20.04 m
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	5th	18.67 m
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	4th	19.15 m

See also

• China at the World Championships in Athletics

Notes and References

1. Representing Asia