Hou Zhanbiao
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| Born |
1 September 1986 Shijiazhuang, China |
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| Height | 185 cm (73 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | F46 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) |
shot put discus throw javelin throw |
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| Club | Hebei Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Li Xiuqing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hou Zhanbiao (born 1 September 1986) is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in F46 classification throwing events.
Athletics history
Hou represented China at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, entering the shot put (T46) event. He won the silver medal recording a distance of 15.57 metres. As well as the Paralympics Hou has also been part of two Chinese teams to compete at the IPC Athletics World Championships, in 2011 in Christchurch and 2015 in Doha. He finished fourth in the discus in 2011, but won gold in the same event in 2015, setting a new world record of 52.64 metres. At Doha he also entered the javelin (9th) and shot put (4th) events.
Personal history
Hou was born in Shijiazhuang, China in 1986. He was born without part of his left arm.