Feng Bin
Chinese discus thrower (born 1994)
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Feng Bin (simplified Chinese: 冯彬; traditional Chinese: 馮彬; pinyin: Féng Bīn, born 3 April 1994) is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw. She won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Her personal best is 69.12 m (226 ft 9+1⁄4 in), set in 2022 World Athletics Championships to win the world title.[2] She was the 2016 winner of the Chinese Athletics Championships.[3]
Feng Bin at the 2022 World Athletics Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Born | April 3, 1994 Penglai District, China |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
Event | Discus throw |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | Discus throw: 69.12 m (2022) |
She began discus throwing in her early teens and competed at the World Youth Championships in Athletics in 2011, placing fourth.[4] Feng broke through at senior level with a gold medal win at the 2015 Military World Games in a personal best of 62.07 m.[5] At the 2016 Summer Olympics she was one of three Chinese throwers to make the discus final, alongside medallist Su Xinyue and Chen Yang.[6]
