Dai Qianqian

Dai Qianqian
Personal information
Born (2000-08-23) 23 August 2000
Sport
CountryChina
SportAthletics
Event
Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal bestJavelin 64.38m (2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  China
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 GifuJavelin
World U18 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 NairobiJavelin

Dai Qianqian (born 23 August 2000) is a Chinese javelin thrower. She competed at the 2024 Olympic Games and 2025 World Athletics Championships.[1]

Biography

In 2017, she won the bronze medal at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya with a throw of 54.96 metres.[2][3]

In June 2018, she won the bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Gifu, Japan, with a throw of 53.29 metres.[3][4] she improved her personal best to 55.46m in 2018.[3] She then took sixth place at the 2018 World Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere with a throw of 52.95 metres, the following month.[5]

In April 2024, she won the javelin throw event at the 2024 Xiamen Diamond League event in China.[6][7] She was selected to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she managed a distance of 56.13 metres and did not qualify for the final.[8][9]

She finishes fourth in the javelin throw event at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League in China in April 2025.[10] She threw a personal best 64.38 metres with her final throw of the competition to finish second at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event in China, on 3 May 2025.[11][12] She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, without qualifying for the final.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Dai Qianqian". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "IAAF World U18 Championships". World Athletics. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Preview: women's javelin – IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018". World Athletics. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "Gifu Asian Junior Championships". World Athletics. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "IAAF World U20 Championships". World Athletics. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "World Championships javelin rematch the highlight in Tokyo". World Athletics. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Wanda Diamond League Xiamen". World Athletics. 20 July 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "The XXXIII Olympic Games". World Athletics. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  9. ↑ "Chinese team announced for Paris Olympics". World Athletics. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "Xiamen Diamond League Results: Here's Who Won". Flotrack. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  11. ↑ "Yangtze River Delta Athletics Diamond Gala". World Athletics. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  12. ↑ "Tinch and Duplantis fly in Shanghai/Keqiao". World Athletics. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  13. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.