Sun Pengxiang

Sun Pengxiang
Personal information
Born (1991-01-16) 16 January 1991
Inner Mongolia, China
Height137 cm (54 in)
Sport
Country China
SportAthletics
Disability classF41
Event(s)shot put
javelin throw
ClubInner Mongolia
Coached byWang Xingzhang
Medal record
Track and field
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Javelin throw F41
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Javelin throw F41
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Javelin throw F41
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Doha Javelin throw F41
Gold medal – first place 2017 London Javelin throw F41
Gold medal – first place 2019 Dubai Javelin throw F41
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris Javelin throw F41
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Javelin throw F41
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Javelin throw F41
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Shot put F41

Sun Pengxiang (born 16 January 1991) is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in F41 classification throwing events.[1]

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.[2]

The following year he qualified for his first Paralympic Games, representing his country in the javelin at 2016 Summer Paralympics. 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.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "Sun Penxiang". paralympic.org. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Sun Penxiang". IPC. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.