Mi Na (athlete)

Mi Na (Chinese: 米娜; pinyin: Mǐ Nà; born August 5, 1986) is a Paralympic athlete from China. She competes in throwing events for F37 classification cerebral palsy athletes. 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.[2]

Mi Na
Mi at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Born (1986-08-05) August 5, 1986
Hebei, China
EducationAccounting
Alma materHebei Language Institute: Shijiazhuang, China
Sport
SportAthletics
DisabilityCerebral palsy
Disability classF37
ClubHebei Para-Athletics Team
Coached byHan Song
Medal record
Women's para athletics
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
2008 Beijing Shot put F37/F38
2008 Beijing Discus throw F37/F38
2012 London Shot put F37
2012 London Discus throw F37
2016 Rio de Janeiro Discus throw F37/38
2016 Rio de Janeiro Shot put F37
2016 Rio de Janeiro Javelin throw F37
World Championships
2011 Christchurch Shot put F37
2011 Christchurch Discus throw F37
2013 Lyon Shot put F37
2013 Lyon Discus throw F37
2015 Doha Shot put F37
2015 Doha Discus throw F38
2017 LondonDiscus throw F38
2019 Dubai Discus throw F38
2015 Doha Javelin throw F37
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Mi.

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]

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


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