Wang Yanping

Wang Yanping

Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1993-11-22) November 22, 1993 (age 31) Baoshan, China
Height	168 cm (66 in)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Disability class	F47
Event(s)	sprint, long jump
Club	Yunnan province
Coached by	Hu Zhengguan (national)
Medal record Paralympic athletics Representing  China Paralympic Games 2012 London 100 m – T46 IPC Athletics World Championships 2015 Doha 100 m – T47 Asian Para Games 2010 Guangzhou 100 m – T46 2010 Guangzhou 200 m – T46 2014 Incheon 100 m – T47 2014 Incheon 200 m – T44/T47 2014 Incheon Long jump – T47

Wang Yanping (born 22 November 1993) is a Paralympic athlete from China who competes in throwing events for F37 classification athletes.^[1]

Wang became involved in sport in 2005. Her first major international games was the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch. She entered the 100m, 200m and 400m sprints, her best result being fourth place in the 400 m race.^[2] A year later she competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London where she won bronze in the 100m T46 sprint.^[2] As well as her Paralympic success, Wang has won medals at the 2015 World Championships in Doha, with a bronze in the 100m T47, and a dominant display in the 2014 Asian Para Games where she took gold in all three events entered: 100m, 200m and long jump.^[2]

Wang was born in Baoshan, China in 1993. An accident at the age of three resulted in her right hand being amputated.^[2]

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