Yang Liwan

{{short description|Chinese Paralympic athlete}}

{{family name hatnote|Yang|lang=Chinese}}

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| nationality =Chinese

| sport = Athletics (track)

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| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1978|01|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Shishi, Fujian, China

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| disability = Limb deficiency

|disability_class = T54

| club = Fujian Province

| coach = Du Huaizhen

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{{MedalSport | Track and field}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2012 London | Javelin – T54/55/56}}

{{MedalGold| 2012 London | Shot put – F54–56}}

{{MedalGold| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Shot put F54}}

{{MedalBronze| 2020 Tokyo | Javelin throw F54}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 2015 Doha | Shot put – F54}}

{{MedalGold|2017 London|Javelin throw – F54}}

{{MedalSilver| 2013 Lyon | Shot put – F54}}

{{MedalSilver| 2013 Lyon | Javelin Throw F54/55/56}}

{{MedalSilver| 2015 Doha | Javelin – F54}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 London|Discus throw – F55}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Para Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2014 Incheon |Discus throw – F52/53/54}}

{{MedalGold| 2014 Incheon |Javelin throw – F53/54}}

{{MedalGold| 2014 Incheon |Shot put – F53/54}}

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Yang Liwan (born 18 January 1978) is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in category F54 throwing events.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/doha-2015/ENG/ZB/ZBB101A_QA2015AT@@@@@@@ENG_number=3244.htm|title=Yang Liwan|work=Paralympic.org|access-date=3 September 2016}}

Athletic career

Yang made her first appearance at a Summer Paralympics in the 2008 Games in Beijing.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=1065454|title=Yang Liwan|work=IPC|access-date=3 September 2016|archive-date=18 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018051444/https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=1065454|url-status=dead}} She entered both the shot put and javelin throw, finishing seventh and eighth respectively. Four years later she appeared at the 2012 Paralympics in London, winning gold in both the javelin and the shot put.

As well as her Paralympic success, Yang has also found success at World Championship level. At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha she won gold in the shot put along with a silver in the javelin.

Personal history

Yang was born in Shishi, China in 1978. In 1996 she was struck by a falling object resulting in paraplegia.

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