Huang Zhihong

Huang Zhihong ,黄志红, Huang Zhihong ( born May 7, 1965 in Lanxi, Zhejiang Province ) is a retired Chinese shot putter.

After winning the gold medal at the Asian Games in 1986, Huang Zhihong 1988 Eighth with 19.82 meters at the Olympic Games. At the World Indoor Championships in 1989, she won with 20.25 meters silver behind Claudia Losch from the Federal Republic of Germany.

In 1990, Huang Zhihong as the winner of the Chinese national championships their best performance with 21.52 meters on. At the Asia Championships 1990, she came in second. At the World Indoor Championships 1991, she again won silver with 20.33 meters. It won her compatriot Sui Xinmei. In the outdoor world championships in the same year in Tokyo Huang Zhihong won with 20.83 meters from the world record holder Natalia Lissowskaja, were measured for the 20.29 meters.

At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona Huang Zhihong won with 20.43 meters silver behind the Russian Svetlana Kriweljowa that brought with a personal best of 21.06 meters gold for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The following year, the Chinese could return the favor at the World Championships in Stuttgart in 1993. She won with 20.57 meters before Kriweljowa who won with 19.97 meters silver for Russia.

At the 1995 World Championships Huang Zhihong won with 20.04 meters silver behind the German Astrid Kumbernuss who came to 21.22 meters. At the World Indoor Championships in 1997, Huang Zhihong finished with 18.67 meters to fifth place. Your last Endkampfplatzierung in a big competition reached Huang Zhihong at the World Championships in 1997, when she was with 19.15 meters Fourth and was seven inches behind the third-placed Stephanie Storp from Germany.

Huang had a competition weight of 100 kg at a height of 1.74 m.