Hou Zhanbiao

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| birth_date = {{birth_date_and_age|1986|09|01|df=y}}

| birth_place = Shijiazhuang, China

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| country = China

| sport = Athletics

| event = shot put
discus throw
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| club = Hebei Province

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| disability_class = F46

| coach = Li Xiuqing

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Hou Zhanbiao (born 1 September 1986) is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in F46 classification throwing events.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/doha-2015/ENG/ZB/ZBB101A_QA2015AT@@@@@@@ENG_number=12463.htm|title=Hou Zhanbiao|accessdate=30 August 2016|work=Paralympic.org}}

Athletics history

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=904086|title=Hou Zhanbiao|accessdate=30 August 2016|work=IPC|archive-date=11 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911044023/https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=904086|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/australian-teenager-isis-holt-among-world-record-breakers-in-doha-35178|title=Australian teenager Isis Holt among world record-breakers in Doha|accessdate=30 August 2016|date=24 October 2015|first=Jessica|last=Whittington|work=athleticsweekly.com}} At Doha he also entered the javelin (9th) and shot put (4th) events.