Menggen Jimisu

Life Menggenjimisu was born in Ordos in Inner Mongolia on 8 April 1991 in a yurt. Her mother abandoned her because she was of small stature and Menggenjimisu was brought up by her grandmother Menggenjimisu's family were poor but they still managed to send her to school. Menggenjimisu did well at her studies and still found time to look after the family's herd in her spare time. Her ability to withstand a hard life drew the attention of Hasilao in 2005. Menggenjimisu had to approach her grandparents twice before they consented to let her leave to train. They surrendered to the request because they knew that Menggenjimisu would be fed well, educated and accommodated in her new life.

After training with her coach, Shen Gang, She competed at the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing, China in September 2008. Menggenjimisu said this was her most memorable achievement. Menggenjimisu was beaten to the gold by Raoua Tlili on 15 September in a reversal of the earlier positions. Raoua Tlili established a new World Record of 8.95 to beat Menggenjimisu.

In 2010, she competed at the Paralympic World Cup under the name Meng Genjimisu where she was second in the shot put (again to Tlili of Tunisia).

In the 2012 Paralympics in London, Menggenjimisu won a bronze in the discus, beaten into third place by the Tunisian Raoua Tlili and Najat El Garaa of Morocco.

Honours Apart from Menggenjimisu's medals she has also been honoured with carrying the torch before the 8th National Para Games in Hangzhou in 2011. She has also won the May Day Labour Medal and the 4 May Youth medal.