Gao Yang (born 1 March 1993) is a Chinese athlete specialising in the shot put. She finished fifth at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing. In addition she won several medals on continental level and the silver at the 2012 World Junior Championships.
Her personal bests in the event are 19.20 metres outdoors (Neubrandenburg 2016) and 18.77 metres indoors (Birmingham 2018).
Competition record Representing 2012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain2ndShot put16.57 m2013Asian ChampionshipsPune, India3rdShot put17.76 m2015Asian ChampionshipsWuhan, China2ndShot put17.98 mWorld ChampionshipsBeijing, China5thShot put19.04 m2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States8thShot put17.67 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil33rd (q)Shot put16.17 m2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom5thShot put18.25 m2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom4thShot put18.77 mAsian GamesJakarta, Indonesia2ndShot put17.64 m2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan10thShot put18.67 m
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