Song Jiayuan

Song Jiayuan
Personal information
Born (1997-09-15) 15 September 1997
Shanghai, China
EducationShanghai University
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Shot put
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2024 ParisShot put
Asian Beach Games
Gold medal – first place2026 SanyaBeach shot put
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 BangkokShot put
Silver medal – second place2025 GumiShot put
Bronze medal – third place2019 DohaShot put
Asian Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 TianjinShot put
World University Games
Gold medal – first place2021 ChengduShot put

Song Jiayuan (Chinese: 宋佳媛; born 15 September 1997) is a Chinese athlete specialising in the shot put who won bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[1] She represented her country at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without reaching the final. In 2016, she won a silver medal at the World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz.

Her personal bests in the event are 18.32 metres outdoors (Chengdu 2019) and 18.23 metres indoors (Hangzhou 2019).

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  China
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 2nd Shot put 16.36 m
2019 Asian Championships Doha, Qatar 3rd Shot put 17.70 m
Universiade Naples, Italy 8th Shot put 16.92 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 23rd (q) Shot put 17.24 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 5th Shot put 19.14 m
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 6th Shot put 19.57 m
2023 Asian Championships Bangkok, Thailand 1st Shot put 18.88 m
World University Games Chengdu, China 1st Shot put 18.56 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 11th Shot put 18.90 m
Asian Games Hangzhou, China 2nd Shot put 18.92 m
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 3rd Shot put 19.32 m
2025 Asian Championships Gumi, South Korea 2nd Shot put 17.78 m
2026 Asian Indoor Championships Tianjin, China 1st Shot put 18.36 m

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