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About Liao Xiaoyan
- Liao Xiaoyan (Chinese: ???; born 8 January 1987) is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the hammer throw.
- She was the gold medallist at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships. Among her first major national competitions was the 2005 Chinese City Games, where she was runner-up to future Olympic medallist Zhang Wenxiu.
- While Zhang had the second best throw ever by a youth athlete, Liao's throw of 65.13 m (213 ft 8 in) ranked her the fifth best ever youth at that point.
- She still ranks within the top ten youth hammer throwers, as of 2015.
- She established herself within the top senior domestic athletes in the 2005 season.
- She threw a new personal best of 65.53 m (214 ft 11 3/4 in) to place fifth at the Chinese Athletics Championships.
- She came close to her best in the 2006 season with a mark of 65.34 m (214 ft 4 1/4 in).Liao achieved her personal best of 67.78 m (222 ft 4 1/2 in) in May 2007 in Zhaoqing.
- The season was the peak of her career as she won the gold medal at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships in a comparatively low calibre field, where her throw of 60.58 m (198 ft 9 in) was sufficient to win by several metres.
- She failed to make the Olympic team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, ending the season with a best of 62.51 m (205 ft 1 in) that year.
- She had a best of 64.38 m (211 ft 2 1/2 in) in 2009, but ceased to compete at a high level thereafter.
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