Mi Na (athlete)

Mi Na

Mi at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Born	(1986-08-05) August 5, 1986 Hebei, China
Education	Accounting
Alma mater	Hebei Language Institute: Shijiazhuang, China
Sport
Sport	Para-athletics
Disability	Cerebral palsy
Disability class	F37
Club	Hebei Para-Athletics Team
Coached by	Han Song
Medal record Women's para athletics Representing China Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing Shot put F37/F38 2008 Beijing Discus throw F37/F38 2012 London Shot put F37 2012 London Discus throw F37 2016 Rio de Janeiro Discus throw F37/38 2020 Tokyo Discus throw F37/38 2016 Rio de Janeiro Shot put F37 2016 Rio de Janeiro Javelin throw F37 2020 Tokyo Shot put F37 World Championships 2011 Christchurch Shot put F37 2011 Christchurch Discus throw F37 2013 Lyon Shot put F37 2013 Lyon Discus throw F37 2015 Doha Shot put F37 2015 Doha Discus throw F38 2017 London Discus throw F38 2017 London Javelin Throw F37 2017 London Shot Put F37 2019 Dubai Discus throw F38 2015 Doha Javelin throw F37 2019 Dubai Shot Put F37 2023 Paris Discus throw F38 Asian Para Games 2018 Jakarta Discus Throw F37/38 2018 Jakarta Shot Put F35/36/37

In this Chinese name, the family name is Mi.

Mi Na (Chinese: 米娜; pinyin: Mǐ Nà; born August 5, 1986) is a Chinese Paralympic athlete who competes in throwing events for F37 classification cerebral palsy athletes.

Career

From April 2014 until September 2016 she held the women's F37 World Record in the shot put. She holds the world record in the F37 discus throw. She won 9 medals (6 Gold) at the Paralympic Games and 12 medals (10 Gold) at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Mi began competing in para-athletics in 2005, and made her international debut in 2008. She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, where she won gold medals in the women's shot put F37/F38 and discus throw F37/F38 events, setting new F37 world records both events. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, Mi repeated this double, winning the F37 shot put and F37 discus gold medals with world record throws. She placed 4th in the F37/F38 javelin event at the 2012 Paralympics. At the 2016 Rio Games she won the discus throw and placed second in the javelin and shot put.

In 2017 she won the F37 discus and shot put events at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Beijing.

External links

• Mi Na at the International Paralympic Committee
• Mi Na at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)