Yan Ziyi
Chinese javelin thrower (born 2008)
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Yan Ziyi (Chinese: 严子怡; pinyin: yán zǐ yí; born 22 May 2008) is a Chinese track and field athlete who specializes in javelin throw. She won the gold medal at the 2024 World U20 Championships. In 2025, she set a world under-20 record with a throw of 65.89 m.[1]
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| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 May 2008 Ningbo, China | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | Javelin: 65.89 m (Quzhou, 2025) WU18B, WU20R | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Yan began surpassing 60m regularly in 2024, winning her country's women's javelin title in March 2024 in Tianjin with a throw of 61.31 meters.[2] She threw past 60m in four of her five competitions in 2024 and set a personal best mark of 62.23m in Chengdu in April 2024.[3] Later that month, she set a under-20 world record for the javelin with a throw of 64.28m to win at the China Athletics GP, breaking Yulenmis Aguilar mark of 63.86m from 2015.The throw also beat the unratified mark of 63.96m achieved by Greek Elina Tzengko in 2020.[4] However, Yan was not allowed to compete in the 2024 Olympics due to the age limit set by World Athletics.[5] On 30 August 2024, Yan won the gold medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru.[6]
She broke the under-20 world record for a third time when she threw 64.83 metres in Chengdu in March 2025.[7] She threw 60.54 metres to place fifth at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event in China on 3 May 2025.[8] In August, she won the Chinese Athletics Championships with a throw of 65.89 metres, breaking the world under-20 record for a fourth time, despite competing with an ankle injury. As with the Olympic Games the previous year, she was not permitted to compete at the 2025 World Athletics Championships due to her young age.[9][10] In November, she was nominated for the World Athletics Women's Rising Star Award.[11]
