Gu Siyu
Gu Siyu (Chinese: 谷思雨; born 11 February 1993) is a Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw and formerly the shot put. She holds a discus personal best of 67.86 m (222 ft 7 1⁄2 in) and a shot put best of 16.59 m (54 ft 5 in). She was a double Asian junior champion in 2010 and represented her country at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.
Career
[edit]Gu began to make her first impact at the age of sixteen, when she took the discus title at the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival.[1] She threw beyond fifty metres in the discus for the first time that year.[2] International medals followed at the 2010 Asian Junior Athletics Championships where she claimed a shot put/discus double for China.[3] She took the silver medal in the shot put later that year at the Summer Youth Olympics.[4]
The focus of her 2011 season was the Chinese City Games and she was the shot put runner-up behind Guo Tianqian, who was the world youth champion that year.[5] She was also runner-up in the discus competition and ended that tournament with improved bests of 16.59 m (54 ft 5 in) and 56.12 m (184 ft 1 1⁄4 in) in the throws.[6] Both these marks ranked her in the top five juniors globally that year.[7]
She marked herself as the best junior discus thrower in the country in 2012 by winning the Chinese junior championships with a big personal best of 60.59 m (198 ft 9 1⁄4 in).[8][9] She was far off this form at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics and her best of nearly five metres less was only enough for fifth.[10]
Gu, dropping the shot put to focus on discus throwing instead, placed herself among the senior elite in the 2013 season. She began with a new best of 60.93 m (199 ft 10 3⁄4 in) on the Chinese Athletics Grand Prix circuit.[11] She travelled to compete in Germany in May and the 20-year-old surprised with a large throw of 67.86 m (222 ft 7 1⁄2 in), raising her to second on the seasonal lists behind the dominant Sandra Perković.[12][13] She earned her first senior selection for China as a result, but at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics she failed to register a valid mark and dropped out at the qualifying stage.[14] She had a quiet 2014, her best being a throw of 60.78 m (199 ft 4 3⁄4 in) in Jinan.[2]
Personal bests
[edit]- Shot put – 16.59 m (54 ft 5 in) (2011)
- Discus throw – 67.86 m (222 ft 7 1⁄2 in) (2013)
- Shot put (indoor) – 16.34 m (53 ft 7 1⁄4 in) (2012)
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Asian Junior Championships | Hanoi, Vietnam | 1st | Shot put | |
| 1st | Discus throw | ||||
| Youth Olympics | Singapore | 2nd | Shot put | ||
| 2012 | World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 5th | Discus throw | |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | — | Discus throw | No mark |
References
[edit]- ^ Johnson, Len (2009-01-18). Jordan's long sprint double highlights Australian Youth Olympic Festival. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-12.
- ^ a b Gu Siyu. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-12.
- ^ 14th Asian Junior Athletics Championship 2010 1-4 July, Hanoi, Vietnam Archived 2014-07-02 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Asia (2010). Retrieved on 2015-02-12.
- ^ Viewing Youth Olympic Games > 1st Youth Olympic Games (athletics) > Shot Put - women . IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-12.
- ^ Jalava, Mirko (2011-10-23). World youth medallists excel at Chinese City Games in Nanchang - Days 1-3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-12.
- ^ Jalava, Mirko (2011-10-25). Asian junior men's Shot Put record in Nanchang as Chinese City Games Conclude. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-12.
- ^ Discus Throw - women - junior - outdoor - 2011. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-12.
- ^ Asian Track and Field Archived 2015-02-04 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Asia (2012). Retrieved on 2015-02-12.
- ^ Jalava, Mirko (2012-04-23). Several junior world leads posted in Changzhou. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-12.
- ^ Arcoleo, Laura (2012-07-15). Barcelona 2012 - Event Report - Women's Discus Throw Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-12.
- ^ Jalava, Mirko (2013-04-27). China's Lu Huihui improves Asian Javelin record to 65.62m. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-12.
- ^ Harting 68.31 WL, Gu Siyu throws 67.86m in women's discus! by Alfons Juck, Note by Larry Eder. RunBlogRun (2013-05-20). Retrieved on 2015-02-12.
- ^ Landells, Steve (2013-08-05). Women's Discus Throw – Preview. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-12.
- ^ Landells, Steve (2013-08-10). Report: Women's Discus qualifying – Moscow 2013. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-12.
External links
[edit]- Gu Siyu at World Athletics
- Gu Siyu at the Chinese Olympic Committee (archived)
