Gong Lijiao

Lijiao Gong (Chinese巩 立 姣/巩 立 姣, Pinyin Gǒng lijiao; born January 24, 1989 in Luquan, Shijiazhuang ) is a Chinese shot putter.

At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, she was seventh. At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, it found in the qualification with 19.46 m at their personal best; In the final she was then treated with 19.20 m Fifth. At the World Championships in Berlin in 2009, she won the bronze medal with 19.89 meters. Gong occupied at the Olympic Games 2012 in London, first to fourth place, but moved a week later after the disqualification of the Belarusian Olympic champion Nadseja Astaptschuk one rank forward and received the bronze medal.

Gong Lijiao is 1,74 m tall and weighs 110 kg.