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Gong Lijiao at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Gong Lijiao at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Chinese athlete Gong Lijiao competing in the shot put event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, where she won the gold medal with a personal best distance of 20.58 meters (67.52 feet).

Gong Lijiao

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January 24, 1989, Shijiazhuang, China (age 35)
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Gong Lijiao (born January 24, 1989, Shijiazhuang, China) is a Chinese shot-putter who competed in multiple Summer Olympic Games in the early 21st century. During her career she has won gold medals at such competitions as the National Games of China, the Asian Games, the World Athletics Championships, and the Olympics. Gong began competing nationally in the shot put in 2004. In 2007, when she was 18 years old, she surpassed 19 meters (62.3 feet) in a throw. At that year’s World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan, she came in seventh place. At the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, ...(100 of 359 words)

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