Lin Chia-ying

Lin Chia-ying

Chia-Ying Lin in 2012 Taiwan Open Athletics Championships
Personal information
Born (1982-11-05) November 5, 1982
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Country  Chinese Taipei
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Shot Put
Updated on 6 August 2012.

Lin Chia-ying (simplified Chinese: 林家莹; traditional Chinese: 林家瑩; pinyin: Lín Jiā-yíng; born 11 May 1982 in Taichung City) is a Taiwanese shot putter.

Biography

She finished ninth at the 2005 Summer Universiade, eighth at the 2005 Asian Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games. She also competed at the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships, 2008 Olympic Games, the 2012 Olympics Games and the 2014 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final round.

Her personal best throw is 17.48 metres, set at the 2014 Asian Games.

She started to work in National Taiwan Sport University as a throwing coach from 2011 but still acts as an active athlete for TPE team.

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Chinese Taipei
2005 Universiade Izmir, Turkey 9th 14.94 m
Asian Championships Incheon, South Korea 8th 15.21 m
2006 Asian Games Doha, Qatar 3rd 16.70 m
2007 Asian Championships Amman, Jordan 3rd 16.46 m
Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 6th 16.19 m
World Championships Osaka, Japan 25th (q) 16.41 m
2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 16th (q) 15.77 m
Olympic Games Beijing, China 28th (q) 16.32 m
2009 Asian Championships Guangzhou, China 4th 16.18 m
Asian Indoor Games Hanoi, Vietnam 3rd 16.08 m
East Asian Games Hong Kong, China 3rd 15.47 m
2010 Asian Games Guangzhou, China 4th 17.06 m
2011 Asian Championships Kobe, Japan 5th 16.17 m
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 25th (q) 17.43 m
2013 Asian Championships Pune, India 6th 16.47 m
East Asian Games Tianjin, China 2nd 16.95 m
2014 Asian Indoor Championships Hangzhou, China 3rd 16.52 m
World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 19th (q) 16.31 m
Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 4th 17.48 m
2015 Asian Championships Wuhan, China 4th 15.58 m

References

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