Mi Na (athlete)

Mi Na
Mi at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Born (1986-08-05) August 5, 1986
Hebei, China
EducationAccounting
Hebei Language Institute: Shijiazhuang, China
Sport
SportPara-athletics
DisabilityCerebral palsy
F37
ClubHebei Para-Athletics Team
Coached byHan Song
Medal record
Women's para athletics
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingShot put F37/F38
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingDiscus throw F37/F38
Gold medal – first place2012 LondonShot put F37
Gold medal – first place2012 LondonDiscus throw F37
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroDiscus throw F37/38
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoDiscus throw F37/38
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroShot put F37
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroJavelin throw F37
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoShot put F37
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisShot put F37
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 ChristchurchShot put F37
Gold medal – first place2011 ChristchurchDiscus throw F37
Gold medal – first place2013 LyonShot put F37
Gold medal – first place2013 LyonDiscus throw F37
Gold medal – first place2015 DohaShot put F37
Gold medal – first place2015 DohaDiscus throw F38
Gold medal – first place2017 LondonDiscus throw F38
Gold medal – first place2017 LondonJavelin throw F37
Gold medal – first place2017 LondonShot Put F37
Gold medal – first place2019 DubaiDiscus throw F38
Silver medal – second place2015 DohaJavelin throw F37
Silver medal – second place2019 DubaiShot Put F37
Silver medal – second place2025 New DelhiDiscus throw F38
Bronze medal – third place2023 ParisDiscus throw F38
Bronze medal – third place2024 KobeShot put F37
Bronze medal – third place2025 New DelhiShot put F37
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place2010 GuangzhouDiscus throw F37
Gold medal – first place2010 GuangzhouShot put F37
Gold medal – first place2014 IncheonDiscus throw F36/37/38
Gold medal – first place2018 JakartaDiscus throw F37/38
Gold medal – first place2018 JakartaShot put F35/36/37
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouDiscus throw F37/38
Silver medal – second place2010 GuangzhouJavelin throw F37-38
Silver medal – second place2014 IncheonJavelin throw F37/38
Silver medal – second place2022 HangzhouShot put F35/36/37

Mi Na (Chinese: 米娜; pinyin: Mǐ Nà; born August 5, 1986) is a Chinese Paralympic athlete who competes in throwing events for F37 classification cerebral palsy athletes.

Career

From April 2014 until September 2016 she held the women's F37 World Record in the shot put.[1] She holds the world record in the F37 discus throw. She won 9 medals (6 Gold) at the Paralympic Games and 12 medals (10 Gold) at the IPC Athletics World Championships.[2]

Mi began competing in para-athletics in 2005, and made her international debut in 2008.[3] She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, where she won gold medals in the women's shot put F37/F38 and discus throw F37/F38 events, setting new F37 world records both events. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, Mi repeated this double, winning the F37 shot put and F37 discus gold medals with world record throws.[4] She placed 4th in the F37/F38 javelin event at the 2012 Paralympics.[5] At the 2016 Rio Games she won the discus throw and placed second in the javelin and shot put.[6]

In 2017 she won the F37 discus and shot put events at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Beijing.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "IPC Athletics World Records – Women's Shot Put". Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "IPC Athletics World Records – Women's Discus Throw". Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "IPC Athlete Profile – Mi Na". Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Na Mi". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "London 2012 Paralympic Games Athletics Women's Javelin F37/38". Archived from the original on 2014-04-22.
  6. ↑ Na Mi Archived 2016-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  7. ↑ Etchells, Daniel (14 May 2017). "Wang breaks another world record as China continue to shine at World Para Athletics Grand Prix". Inside the Games. Retrieved 16 July 2023.