Gong Lijiao is a Chinese Olympic shot putter. She was born on January 24, 1989.
In her first international competition, the 2007 World Championships, she placed eighth.
She placed sixth at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but then went on to win the bronze medal after two other competitors had their medals taken away for doping offenses.
In the 2008 Olympic qualifying round, she threw 19.46 meters, breaking the previous record held by a Chinese woman shot putter by more than ten years.
Gong increased her personal best at the 2009 National Games of China to 19.82 m, moving her up to tenth place on the list of all-time Chinese shot putters.
Gong Lijiao parents: Who are Gong Lijiao parents?
Gong Lijiao was born in a typical peasant family in 1989 in Shijiazhuang, Hebei.
Gong is often not very open about her family. On the internet, there is no information on her father, mother, or her family.
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