Gao Mingjie

Gao Mingjie (Chinese: 高明杰; pinyin: Gāo Míngjié; born November 23, 1980, in Shangri-La City) is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in category F42–44 javelin throw events.[1]

Gao Mingjie
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Javelin throw – F44/46
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Javelin throw – F42–44
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Javelin throw – F44
World Para Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place2006 AssenJavelin throw F44
Gold medal – first place2011 ChristchurchJavelin throw F44
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place2010 GuangzhouJavelin throw F44
Bronze medal – third place2010 GuangzhouDiscus throw F44

Gao competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece and won a silver medal in the men's F44–46 javelin throw event.[2] At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China he won a gold medal in the men's F42–44 javelin throw event.[3] Four years later he won a second gold, in the javelin throw (T44) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.[4]

References

  1. "9月14日15:00 残奥冠军高明杰做客央视网_cctv.com_上央视网 看奥运会". CCTV (in Chinese). 13 September 2008. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  2. "'滇军'蓄势待发 望创造残奥新神奇". People's Daily. 7 September 2008. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  3. "China's Gao Mingjie wins Men's Javelin F42/44 gold – Official Website of the Chinese Olympic Committee". Official Website of the Chinese Olympic Committee. 9 December 2008. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  4. Knight, Tom; Ruscoe, Sybil (2012). "London 2012 Stats". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: the official commemorative book (PDF). Chichester: Wiley. p. 290. ISBN 978-1-119-97314-0. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.


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