Career
She started her international career at the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final. In 2006 she won the silver medal at the World Junior Championships and the bronze medal at the Asian Games.
She won the high jump event at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships in Guangzhou and again at the 2011 event in Kobe. Further she ended 5th at the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha and 6th at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu.
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