2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's shot put

The women's shot put
Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
The 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in Christchurch, New Zealand from January 21 to 30, 2011. Athletes with a disability competed, and the Championships was a qualifying event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games....

was held at the QEII Stadium

Queen Elizabeth II Park

Queen Elizabeth II Park is a multi-use stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people. It was built in 1973, to host the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in which a temporary 15000 seat western stand was erected for the event taking capacity to 35000...

from 22-29 January.

Medalists

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
F11	Liangmin Zhang	Yuclesy Pinto	Yesenia Maria Restrepo Munoz
F12	Tamara Sivakova Tamara Sivakova Tamara Sivakova is a Paralympian athlete from Belarus competing mainly in the throwing events.She first competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain for the Unified Team there she won a gold medal in the discus throw for category B3 athletes and finished 5th in the pentathlon.Four...	Orysia Ilchyna	Marta Prokofyeva
F20	Ewa Durska	Svitlana Kudelya	Ines Fernandes
F32/33/34	Birgit Kober	Maria Stamatoula Maria Stamatoula Maria Stamatoula is a Paralympian athlete from Greece competing mainly in category F32 shot putt events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F32-34/52-53 shot putt event....	Louise Ellery Louise Ellery Louise Ellery is an Australian Paralympic athlete, Commonwealth Games gold medalist and world record holder in F32 Shot put for elite athletes with a disability. She suffered a Traumatic brain injury following a car crash in 1998. She competes in the F32 class...
F35/36	Mariia Pomazan	Qing Wu	Alla Malchyk Alla Malchyk Alla Malchyk is a Paralympian athlete from the Ukraine competing mainly in category F35/F36 shot putt events.She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a bronze medal in the women's shot putt F35/F36 event...
F37	Na Mi	Qiuping Xu	Shirlene Coelho Shirlene Coelho Shirlene Coelho is a Paralympian athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category F35-38 javelin throw events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. She competed in the F37-38 discus throw and F37-38 shot putt but had more success in the F35-38 javelin throw where she won a...
F40	Raoua Tlili Raoua Tlili Raoua Tlili is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F40 shot putt events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a gold medal in the women's shot putt F40 event and a silver medal in the women's discus throw F40 event....	Genjimisu Meng	Laila El Garaa Laila El Garaa Laila El Garaa is a Paralympian athlete from Morocco competing mainly in category F40 shot putt events.She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a silver medal in the women's F40 shot putt event. She also took part in the women's F40 javelin throwShe also...
F42/44/46	Michaela Floeth Michaela Floeth Michaela Floeth is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F42-46 shot putt events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F42-46 shot putt event. She also finished fourth in the women's discus throw for...	Yajuan Jin	Yongyuan Zhong
F52/53	Estela Salas	Deepa Malik	Martha Gustafson
F54/55/56	Marianne Buggenhagen Marianne Buggenhagen Marianne Buggenhagen is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in throwing events.She first competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she won four gold medals in discus, javelin, shot putt and pentathlon. Then at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United...	Tatjana Majcen Tatjana Majcen Tatjana Majcen Ljubič is a Paralympian athlete from Slovenia competing mainly in category F54/55 throwing events.Tatjana has competed in two paralympics, each time competing in all three throws. She has won two medals both in 2004 a silver in the F54/55 javelin and a bronze in the F54/55 shot putt...	Eva Kacanu Eva Kacanu Eva Kacanu is a Paralympian athlete from the Czech Republic competing mainly in category F54/F56 shot putt events.She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a Silver medal in the women's shot putt F55/F56 event....
F57/58	Angeles Ortiz Hernandez Angeles Ortiz Hernandez Angeles Ortiz Hernandez is a Paralympian athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category F57/58 shot putt events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China...	Stela Eneva Stela Eneva Stela Eneva is a Paralympian athlete from Bulgaria competing mainly in throwing events.She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, There she competed in the F42-46 discus throw, shot putt and javelin throw but failed to win any medals.She had more luck when she competed in the...	Nadia Medjmedj

F11

The Women's shot put, F11 was held on January 26

F11 = visual impairment: may range from no light perception in either eye to light perception with the inability to recognise the shape of a hand at any distance or in any direction.

Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
Liangmin Zhang	9.02	9.61	8.72				9.61	CR
Yuclesy Pinto	7.85	7.35	7.40	6.43	7.27	7.63	7.85	SB
Yesenia Maria Restrepo Munoz	7.64		6.74			6.80	7.64	SB
Tania Lorena Jimenez Manzanarez		6.83			6.05	7.11	7.11
Rita Elena Osorio Cota	7.05	6.76	6.67	6.59	6.30		7.05
Ailish Dunne	6.30	6.54	6.40	6.04	6.59	6.62	6.62
Nadine Lattimore	6.12	5.91	5.73	6.05	5.89	5.99	6.12

Key: CR = Championship Record, SB = Season Best

F12

The Women's shot put, F12 was held on January 26

F12 = visual impairment: may have the ability to recognise the shape of a hand, have a visual acuity
Visual acuity
Visual acuity is acuteness or clearness of vision, which is dependent on the sharpness of the retinal focus within the eye and the sensitivity of the interpretative faculty of the brain....

of 2/60 and/or visual field
Visual field
The term visual field is sometimes used as a synonym to field of view, though they do not designate the same thing. The visual field is the "spatial array of visual sensations available to observation in introspectionist psychological experiments", while 'field of view' "refers to the physical...

of less than 5 degrees.

Final

Rank	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result
	Tamara Sivakova Tamara Sivakova Tamara Sivakova is a Paralympian athlete from Belarus competing mainly in the throwing events.She first competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain for the Unified Team there she won a gold medal in the discus throw for category B3 athletes and finished 5th in the pentathlon.Four...	11.74	12.26	12.26	11.38	11.80		12.26
	Orysia Ilchyna	10.74		11.27	11.54	11.45		11.54
	Marta Prokofyeva	10.92	11.11	11.29	11.03	11.02	11.21	11.29
	Marija Ivekovic	10.89	10.76	10.97	10.48		10.83	10.97
	Mariela Almada	10.31	10.30	10.56	10.60		10.33	10.60
	Jessica Castellano	10.37	10.36	10.24		10.17	10.13	10.37
	Alvarez Rebeca Valenzuela	8.53	8.92	9.26	9.45	9.90	9.33	9.90
	Hamela Devi Enikutty	9.24		9.19	8.55		8.88	9.24
	Natallia Eder	9.16		8.73				9.16
10	Sumeyye Ozcan	6.44	5.28					6.44

Final

Rank	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Ewa Durska	12.55	13.15	13.47			12.95	13.47
	Svitlana Kudelya	11.20	11.84	11.35		11.95		11.95	SB
	Ines Fernandes	11.21	11.01	10.82	11.30	11.16	11.45	11.45
	Given Ratsoma	10.32	10.21	10.31	10.46	10.31	10.13	10.46	SB
	Nicole Nicole Vernon	9.01		9.28	9.96	9.92	9.54	9.96
	Evangelia Ziska	8.45		8.39	8.97	9.27	9.03	9.27
	Eddy Guerrero		8.73	7.56			8.96	8.96
	Zoi Mantoudi	8.69	8.79	8.48	8.23	8.30		8.79
	Valasia Kyrgiovanaki	8.31	8.38	7.91				8.38
10	Lai Shan Yeung	7.55	6.54	7.74				7.74
	Krestina Zhukova							NM

Key: SB = Season Best, NM = No Mark

F32/33/34

The Women's shot put, F32/33/34 was held on January 23 with the medal ceremony on January 24

F32/33/34:

F32 = poor functional strength in arms, legs and trunk, able to propel a wheelchair, compete in a wheelchair and may throw a club or discus from a throwing frame.
F33 = some degree of trunk movement when pushing a wheelchair, forward trunk movement is limited during forceful pushing, throwing movements are mainly from the arm, compete in a wheelchair or from a throwing frame.
F34 = good functional strength with minimal limitation or control problems in the arms or trunk, compete in a wheelchair or from a throwing frame.

Final

Rank	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
	Birgit Kober	8.59	9.30		9.02			9.30	1122	WR
	Maria Stamatoula Maria Stamatoula Maria Stamatoula is a Paralympian athlete from Greece competing mainly in category F32 shot putt events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F32-34/52-53 shot putt event....	5.55	6.60	6.00	-	-	-	6.60	1053	WR
	Louise Ellery Louise Ellery Louise Ellery is an Australian Paralympic athlete, Commonwealth Games gold medalist and world record holder in F32 Shot put for elite athletes with a disability. She suffered a Traumatic brain injury following a car crash in 1998. She competes in the F32 class...	5.95	6.31			5.62	6.16	6.31	1017	AR
	Birgit Pohl Birgit Pohl Birgit Pohl is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in throwing events.She competed in her first paralympics in 1996 in Atlanta, United States where she won a gold medal in the F32-33 shot putt...	7.21	7.94	7.99	7.54		7.77	7.99	1013
	Lucyna Kornobys	5.67	5.92	5.63	6.12	6.12	5.86	6.12	938	=CR
	Jessica Hamill	6.96	7.07	7.34	6.91	7.18	7.02	7.34	938	AR
	Gemma Prescott	5.68	5.33	5.40	4.87	5.35	5.31	5.68	923
	Frances Herrmann Frances Herrmann Frances Herrmann is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F32-34/51-53 discus throw events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a silver medal in the women's F32-34/51-53 discus throw event as well as competing in the F32-34/52/53...	7.06	7.01		6.76	6.62	6.77	7.06	900
	Mounia Gasmi		5.36	4.94				5.36	866	AR
10	Marjaana Huovinen	6.35	6.76					6.76	857	SB
11	Maroua Ibrahmi	5.02	5.08	4.92				5.08	811
12	Elena Burdykina		6.10	6.24				6.24	773
13	Robyn Stawski		5.17	5.20				5.20	772
14	Thuraya Alzaabi		6.23					6.23	771

Key: WR = World Record, =CR = Equal Championship Record, AR = Area Record, SB = Season Best

F35/36

The Women's shot put, F35/36 was held on January 27 with the medal ceremony on January 28

F35/36:

F35 = good static balance, problems in dynamic balance, may need assistive devices for walking but not when standing or throwing, may have sufficient lower extremity function to execute a run up when throwing.
F36 = walk without assistance or assistive devices, have more control problems with upper than lower limbs. All four limbs are involved, dynamic often better than static balance. Hand control, grasp and release are affected when throwing.

Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
Mariia Pomazan	8.89	9.47	10.05		10.05	10.61	10.61	1035	WR
Qing Wu	9.33	9.10	9.66	9.03		9.25	9.66	1005	WR
Alla Malchyk Alla Malchyk Alla Malchyk is a Paralympian athlete from the Ukraine competing mainly in category F35/F36 shot putt events.She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a bronze medal in the women's shot putt F35/F36 event...	8.61		9.00	8.44	9.02	9.28	9.28	975
Katherine Proudfoot		8.39	9.13	8.55	8.44	8.67	9.13	962	SB
Renata Chilewska Renata Chilewska Renata Chilewska is a Paralympian athlete from Poland competing mainly in the throwing events.She competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain...	8.78	8.91	9.02	8.71	9.20	8.93	9.20	927	SB
Noni Thompson	7.04	7.37	7.98	7.59	6.86		7.98	826	SB
Chanelle van Zyl	7.90	8.04	6.34	6.93	7.56	7.42	8.04	778

Key: WR = World Record, SB = Season Best

F37

The Women's shot put, F37 was held on January 24 with the medal ceremony on January 25

F37 = spasticity in an arm and leg on the same side, good functional ability on the non impaired side, better development, good arm and hand control and follow through.

Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
Na Mi	10.81	10.19	10.62		11.16	-	11.16	CR
Qiuping Xu	9.88	9.93	9.62	10.23	10.01	9.91	10.23	SB
Shirlene Coelho Shirlene Coelho Shirlene Coelho is a Paralympian athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category F35-38 javelin throw events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. She competed in the F37-38 discus throw and F37-38 shot putt but had more success in the F35-38 javelin throw where she won a...	9.74	9.26	10.10	10.21	9.72	9.61	10.21	AR
Eva Berna Eva Berná Eva Berná is a Paralympian athlete from the Czech Republic competing mainly in category F37 shot put events.She competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. There she competed in the F37 discus, javelin and shot putt events but failed to win any medals.She competed in the 2004...	9.86		9.90	9.93	9.93		9.93
Beverley Jones	9.89		9.20				9.89	SB
Qianqian Jia		9.77		9.83	9.55	9.48	9.83	SB
Viktorya Yasevych	8.68	9.45	9.04		8.78		9.45	SB
Taiga Kantane			9.24	8.82	9.18	8.98	9.24

Key: CR = Championship Record, SB = Season Best, AR = Area Record

F40

The Women's shot put, F40 was held on January 23

F40 = dwarfism

Dwarfism

Dwarfism is short stature resulting from a medical condition. It is sometimes defined as an adult height of less than 4 feet 10 inches , although this definition is problematic because short stature in itself is not a disorder....

.

Tunisia's Raoua Tlili

Raoua Tlili

Raoua Tlili is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F40 shot putt events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a gold medal in the women's shot putt F40 event and a silver medal in the women's discus throw F40 event....

took the gold medal, China's Genjimisu Meng the silver, while the Moroccan sisters Laila El Garaa

Laila El Garaa

Laila El Garaa is a Paralympian athlete from Morocco competing mainly in category F40 shot putt events.She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a silver medal in the women's F40 shot putt event. She also took part in the women's F40 javelin throwShe also...

and Najat El Garaa

Najat El Garaa

Najat El Garaa is a Paralympian athlete from Morocco competing mainly in category F40 discus throw events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F40 discus throw event....

placed 3rd and 4th at the event.

Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
Raoua Tlili Raoua Tlili Raoua Tlili is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F40 shot putt events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a gold medal in the women's shot putt F40 event and a silver medal in the women's discus throw F40 event....	8.62	9.23		8.89	8.36		9.23	CR
Genjimisu Meng	8.29	8.56	8.64	8.46		8.58	8.64	AR
Laila El Garaa Laila El Garaa Laila El Garaa is a Paralympian athlete from Morocco competing mainly in category F40 shot putt events.She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a silver medal in the women's F40 shot putt event. She also took part in the women's F40 javelin throwShe also...	7.78	8.04	8.21	8.42	8.54		8.54
Najat El Garaa Najat El Garaa Najat El Garaa is a Paralympian athlete from Morocco competing mainly in category F40 discus throw events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F40 discus throw event....	8.38	8.35	8.47	8.41	8.17	8.18	8.47	SB
Sophie Hancock	7.22	7.36	7.54	7.08	7.33	7.32	7.54	AR
Daria Kabiesz	6.72	6.39		6.29	6.79	6.92	6.92
Marijana Goranovic		5.30	4.87	5.17	4.83	5.10	5.30

Key: CR = Championship Record, SB = Season Best, AR = Area Record

F42/44/46

The Women's shot put, F42/44/46 was held on January 22

F42/44/46:

F42 = single above knee amputation or equivalent impairments.
F44 = single below knee amputation or equivalent impairments.
F46 = single above or below elbow amputation or equivalent impairments.

Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
Michaela Floeth Michaela Floeth Michaela Floeth is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F42-46 shot putt events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F42-46 shot putt event. She also finished fourth in the women's discus throw for...	12.12	11.66	12.56	12.06	11.17	11.74	12.56	1012	CR
Yajuan Jin	11.91	12.47	11.81	11.83		11.72	12.47	1004
Yongyuan Zhong	9.35	9.64	9.51	9.70	9.47	9.56	9.70	957	CR
Juan Yao	10.72	11.17	11.03	11.38	11.35	11.46	11.46	900
Jana Schmidt	8.47	8.40	9.11	8.89	9.03	9.10	9.11	878	AR
Yue Yang	9.85	10.24	10.81	10.90	10.78	10.56	10.90	836
Holly Robinson	8.35	8.01	8.35	8.43	7.76	7.65	8.43	442

Key: CR = Championship Record, AR = Asian Record

F52/53

The Women's shot put, F52/53 was held on January 23

F52/53:

F52 = good shoulder, elbow and wrist function, poor to normal finger flexion and extension, no trunk or leg function.
F53 = normal upper limb function, no abdominal, leg or lower spinal function.

Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
Estela Salas	3.58	3.73	3.56	3.67	3.67	3.76	3.76	747
Deepa Malik	3.27	3.32		2.97	3.59	3.56	3.59	687
Martha Gustafson	3.31	3.23	3.45	2.70	3.38		3.45	540	CR
Rosemary Tallon	2.84	2.58	3.15	2.95	3.15	3.04	3.15	495

Key: CR = Championship Record

F54/55/56

The Women's shot put, F54/55/56 was held on January 29

F54/55/56:

F54 = normal upper limb function, no abdominal or lower spinal function.
F55 = normal upper limb function, may have partial to almost completely normal trunk function, no leg function.
F56 = normal upper limb and trunk function, some leg function, high bilateral above knee amputation.

Final

Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
Marianne Buggenhagen Marianne Buggenhagen Marianne Buggenhagen is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in throwing events.She first competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she won four gold medals in discus, javelin, shot putt and pentathlon. Then at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United...	8.33	8.48	8.21	8.24	8.22	8.28	8.48	964	SB
Tatjana Majcen Tatjana Majcen Tatjana Majcen Ljubič is a Paralympian athlete from Slovenia competing mainly in category F54/55 throwing events.Tatjana has competed in two paralympics, each time competing in all three throws. She has won two medals both in 2004 a silver in the F54/55 javelin and a bronze in the F54/55 shot putt...	6.51	6.50	6.64	6.41	6.32	6.37	6.64	957	CR
Eva Kacanu Eva Kacanu Eva Kacanu is a Paralympian athlete from the Czech Republic competing mainly in category F54/F56 shot putt events.She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a Silver medal in the women's shot putt F55/F56 event....	5.84	5.92	6.34	5.75		5.97	6.34	911
Irena Perminiene	5.76	6.20	6.11	5.90	5.87	6.03	6.20	887
Hania Aidi Hania Aidi Hania Aidi is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F54-46 javelin throw events.She competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece where she entered the F54-55 discus throe, javelin throw and shot putt but failed to medal.She competed in the 2008 Summer...	5.90	6.01	5.90	5.74	5.49	5.77	6.01	852
Martina Willing Martina Willing Martina Monika Willing is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in the field events.Martina has a long history of competing in the paralympics, compting in all five summer games from 1992 in Barcelona to 2008 in Beijing as well as at the 1994 winter games in Lillehammer winning at...	8.03	7.82	8.22	7.97	8.20	8.22	8.22	850	CR
Veronica Azucena Saucedo Miranda	7.24	7.11	7.27	5.85	6.76	6.71	7.27	700
Tanja Cerkvenik	6.59	6.57	6.67	5.60	6.45	6.19	6.67	688
Feixia Dong	6.44	6.61	5.37				6.61	677

Key: CR = Championship Record, SB = Season Best

F57/58

The Women's shot put, F57/58 was held on January 23

F57/58:

F57 = normal upper limb and trunk function, may have bilateral above knee amputations.
F58 = normal upper limb and trunk function, a bilateral below knee amputation or single above knee amputation.

Final

Rank	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
	Angeles Ortiz Hernandez Angeles Ortiz Hernandez Angeles Ortiz Hernandez is a Paralympian athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category F57/58 shot putt events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China...	10.35	10.86	11.21	9.68	10.23	10.90	11.21	1002	WR
	Stela Eneva Stela Eneva Stela Eneva is a Paralympian athlete from Bulgaria competing mainly in throwing events.She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, There she competed in the F42-46 discus throw, shot putt and javelin throw but failed to win any medals.She had more luck when she competed in the...	10.38	10.54	10.49	10.44	10.21	10.48	10.54	960	AR
	Nadia Medjmedj	8.95	8.50	9.48	9.26	9.24	9.23	9.48	901
	Safia Djelal	8.58	8.98	9.12				9.12	837
	Ivanka Koleva	8.09	8.60	8.65	8.10	8.45	8.45	8.65	817
	Ling Li		8.12	8.62	7.31		7.95	8.62	814
	Jeanette Thompson	8.55	8.69	8.31	8.29	8.60	8.85	8.85	808
	Catherine Callahan	7.72	8.28	8.06	8.25	7.87		8.28	774	AR
	Nassima Saifi	8.22	8.42	8.27				8.42	759
10	Evelyne Tuitavake			8.23				8.23	735
11	Mary Nakhumica	7.80	7.91					7.91	728
12	Olga Sergienko	7.69	7.74					7.74	705
13	Leilei Gao	6.90		7.54				7.54	643
14	Katalin Szmrtnik	4.76		4.93				4.93	269

Key: WR = World Record, AR = Asian Record

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