Ziyi Yan

Ziyi Yan (born 22 May 2008) is a Chinese track and field athlete. In 2024, she set a world under-20 record for the javelin throw.

Career
Ziyi began surpassing 60m regularly 2024, winning her country's women's javelin title in March 2024 in Tianjin with a throw of 61.31 meters. She threw past 60m in four of her five competitions in 2024 and set a personal best mark of 62.23m in Chengdu in April 2024. Later that month, she set a under-20 world record for the javelin with a throw of 64.28m to win at the China Athletics GP, breaking Yulenmis Aguilar mark of 63.86m from 2015 and missing the Chinese national record by only 6cm. The throw also beat the unratified mark of 63.96m achieved by Greek Elina Tzengko in 2020.