Li Yanfeng

Li Yanfeng during 2011 World championships Athletics in Daegu
Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1979-05-15) May 15, 1979 (age 44) Heilongjiang, China
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Achievements and titles
World finals	2011 World Championships: 66.52 – Gold
Personal best	Discus Throw: 67.98 (2011)
Medal record Representing  China Olympic Games 2012 London Discus World Championships 2011 Daegu Discus Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Discus

Li Yanfeng (simplified Chinese: 李艳凤; traditional Chinese: 李艷鳳; pinyin: Lǐ Yànfèng, born May 15, 1979) is a Chinese discus thrower. Li won China's first discus world title.^[1]

Her personal best throw is 67.98 metres, achieved in June 2011 in Schönebeck. The Chinese, and Asian, record is currently held by Xiao Yanling with 71.68 metres.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  China
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	19th (q)	59.47 m
2000	Asian Championships	Jakarta, Indonesia	3rd	57.52 m
2001	Universiade	Beijing, China	2nd	60.50 m
2002	Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	1st	60.06 m
	World Cup	Madrid, Spain	4th	59.89 m
2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	2nd	61.12 m
	Asian Championships	Manila, Philippines	1st	61.87 m
	Afro-Asian Games	Hyderabad, India	2nd	60.42 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	8th	61.05 m
2007	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	2nd	61.13 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	7th	60.68 m
2009	East Asian Games	Hong Kong	1st	64.66 m
2010	Continental Cup	Split, Croatia	1st	63.79 m
	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	1st	66.18 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	1st	66.52 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	2nd	67.22 m

• Li originally finished 3rd in the 2012 Summer Olympics, but she moved up a position after Darya Pishchalnikova was disqualified for testing positive for the anabolic steroid oxandrolone.