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{{short description|Chinese javelin thrower}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Xue]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name          = Xue Juan
| birth_date    = 10 February 1986
| nationality   = [[PR China|Chinese]]
| occupation    = [[Javelin throw]]er
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{CHN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2002 Asian Athletics Championships|2002 Colombo]]|[[2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw|Javelin throw]]}}
}}
'''Xue Juan''' ({{zh|c=薛娟|p=Xuē Juān}}; born February 10, 1986) is a [[PR China|Chinese]] [[javelin throw]]er.
She won the silver medal at the [[2002 Asian Championships in Athletics|2002 Asian Championships]], the gold medal at the [[2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics|2003 World Youth Championships]] and finished sixth at the [[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games|2006 Asian Games]]. She also competed at the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw|2004 Olympic Games]] and the [[2005 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Javelin|2005 World Championships]] without reaching the finals.
Her personal best throw is 62.93 metres, first achieved in October 2003 in [[Changsha]]. This is the current junior world record.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=O/ageGroup=J/season=0/gender=W/discipline=JT/legal=A/index.html IAAF Top Lists - Javelin Throw Junior, Women]</ref> The Chinese record is currently held by [[Li Lei (athlete)|Li Lei]] with 63.69 metres.<ref>[http://athletix.org/?page_id=60 National javelin throw records, women] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813031416/http://athletix.org/?page_id=60 |date=August 13, 2012 }} - The Athletics Site</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}
{{Footer IAAF World Youth Champions Javelin Throw Women}}
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[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Chinese female javelin throwers]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for China]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for China]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:21st-century Chinese sportswomen]]
[[Category:Chinese Athletics Championships winners]]
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