Hou Zhanbiao
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| Born | 1 September 1986 Shijiazhuang, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (73 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | F46 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | shot put discus throw javelin throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hebei Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Li Xiuqing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hou Zhanbiao (born 1 September 1986) is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in F46 classification throwing events.[1]
Athletics history[edit]
Hou represented China at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, entering the shot put (T46) event. He won the silver medal recording a distance of 15.57 metres.[2] As well as the Paralympics Hou has also been part of two Chinese teams to compete at the IPC Athletics World Championships, in 2011 in Christchurch and 2015 in Doha. He finished fourth in the discus in 2011, but won gold in the same event in 2015, setting a new world record of 52.64 metres.[3] At Doha he also entered the javelin (9th) and shot put (4th) events.[2]
Personal history[edit]
Hou was born in Shijiazhuang, China in 1986. He was born without part of his left arm.[2]
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Hou Zhanbiao". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Hou Zhanbiao". IPC. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ Whittington, Jessica (24 October 2015). "Australian teenager Isis Holt among world record-breakers in Doha". athleticsweekly.com. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- Paralympic athletes for China
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic silver medalists for China
- Living people
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Chinese male discus throwers
- Chinese male javelin throwers
- Chinese male shot putters
- Sportspeople from Shijiazhuang
- 1986 births
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Para Athletics Championships winners
- 21st-century Chinese people
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games
- Paralympic shot putters