Sun Hai Tao

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Sun.
Sun Hai Tao
Medal record
Track and field (athletics)
Competitor for  China
Paralympic Games
1996 Atlanta Discus Throw - F12
1996 Atlanta Javelin Throw - F12
1996 Atlanta Shot Putt - F12
2000 Sydney Shot Putt - F13
2004 Athens Discus Throw - F12
2004 Athens Javelin Throw - F13
2000 Sydney Discus Throw - F13
2000 Sydney Javelin Throw - F13

Sun Hai Tao is a paralympic athlete from China competing mainly in category F12 throws events.

Sun Hai Tao is a six time gold medalist at the Paralympics, winning gold medals at each of his three paralympics. He first competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics with a clean sweep of gold medals in the F12 throws events with wins in discus, javelin and shot as well as competing as part of the Chinese 4 × 100 m relay team. He returned in 2000 Summer Paralympics but was not as successful only managing to retain the shot putt gold medal while winning silver in the discus and bronze in the shot putt. But he managed to come back stronger in the 2004 Summer Paralympics winning gold in the discus and shot putt but for the first time in an individual event he missed out on a medal in the javelin. [1]

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