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Sun Pengxiang

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Height
  
137 cm (54 in)

Sport
  
Athletics

Coached by
  
Wang Xingzhang

Events
  
Shot put, Javelin throw

Country
  
China

Club
  
Inner Mongolia

Disability class
  
T41

Born
  
16 January 1991 (age 26) (
1991-01-16
)

Sun Pengxiang (born 16 January 1991) is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in F41 classification throwing events.

Athletics career

Sun first represented China at a major international during the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, entering the shot put and javelin throw events. He finished fifth in the shot put, but finished on the podium in the javelin, throwing a new world record with a distance of 43.67 metes to take the gold medal. The following year he qualified for his first Paralympic Games, representing his country in the javelin at Rio de Janeiro. Sun was unable to replicate the form he had shown in Doha, but his best throw of 41.81 was enough to win him the bronze medal.

References

Sun Pengxiang Wikipedia