Yang Yang (speed skater, born 1977)

Yang Yang (杨阳)
Personal information
Born (1977-09-14) September 14, 1977
Changchun, Jilin, China
Sport
Country  China
Sport Speed skating
Retired 2002
Medal record
Women's short track speed skating
Representing  China
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 4 1
World Championships 6 5 6
World Team Championships 4 1 0
Olympic Games
1998 Nagano 500 m
1998 Nagano 3000 m relay
1998 Nagano 1000 m
2002 Salt Lake City 3000 m relay
2002 Salt Lake City 1000 m
World Championships
1995 Gjovik 3000 m relay
1998 Vienna 3000 m relay
1999 Sofia 1500 m
1999 Sofia 3000 m relay
2000 Sheffield 3000 m relay
2001 Jeonju 3000 m relay
1996 The Hague 3000 m relay
1999 Sofia 1000 m
1999 Sofia Overall
2000 Sheffield 500 m
2000 Sheffield 1000 m
1997 Nagano 1500 m
1999 Sofia 500 m
1999 Sofia 3000 m
2000 Sheffield Overall
2001 Jeonju 500 m
2001 Jeonju 1000 m
World Team Championships
1998 BormioTeam
1999 Milwaukee Team
2000 The Hague Team
2001 Nobeyama Team
1995 Zoetermeer Team
Asian Winter Games
1996 Harbin 3000 m relay
1996 Harbin 500 m

Yang Yang (simplified Chinese: 杨阳; traditional Chinese: 楊陽; pinyin: Yáng Yáng; born 14 September 1977 in Changchun, Jilin, China) is a Chinese Olympic speed skater.

Yang competed as a short track speed skater for the Chinese national team at the 1994 Winter Olympics, the 1998 Winter Olympics, and the 2002 Winter Olympics.[1]

Born 1977, Yang is sometimes known as Yang Yang (S), to differentiate her from the speed skater named Yang Yang born in 1976 (known as "Yang Yang (A)").

By coincidence, Yang had a one-year and one month older contemporary on the Chinese short track team also named Yang Yang in English and pinyin, although with a different given name in Chinese characters.[2] They were originally referred to as Yang Yang (L) (“大杨扬”) and Yang Yang (S) (“小杨阳”), for "Large" and "Small"; Yang Yang (L) disliked the "L" designation and changed her designation to Yang Yang (A).[3] "A" and "S" also refer to their respective months of birth: August and September respectively.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Yang Yang (S)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Yang Yang (A)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
  3. ↑ "Five-Ring Circus: Yang Yang and Yang Yang". The Toledo Blade. 2002-02-13. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
  4. ↑ Lopresti, Mike (2006-02-10). "Athletes usher in the Torino Games". USA Today. Retrieved 2010-02-02.


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