Xue Enhui (born 6 September 1982) is a Chinese

para-athlete Para-athletics is the sport of athletics practiced by people with a disability as a parasport. The athletics events within the parasport are mostly the same as those available to able-bodied people, with two major exceptions in wheelchair rac ...

specializing in throwing events:

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

and

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

. She represented

China at the 2024 Summer Paralympics China competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024. This is their eleventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1984. China sent 284 athletes to the Games in every single sport exc ...

Career

In May 2024, Xue represented China at the

2024 World Para Athletics Championships The 2024 World Para Athletics Championships was a para-athletics meet organized by the World Para Athletics, the respective sport branch of the International Paralympic Committee. This was the 11th edition of the event and was held at Kobe Univ ...

and won a gold medal in the discus throw F11 and shot put F11 events. As a result, she qualified for the

2024 Summer Paralympics The 2024 Summer Paralympics (), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (), and branded as Paris 2024, were the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event governed by the International P ...

. At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, she won a bronze medal in the discus throw F11 event.

References

1982 births Living people Paralympic athletes for China Athletes from Harbin Chinese female discus throwers Chinese female shot putters Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Paralympic bronze medalists for China 21st-century Chinese sportswomen World Para Athletics Championships winners Asian Para Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Para Games silver medalists for China Asian Para Games bronze medalists for China {{PRChina-Paralympic-medalist-stub