Yang Wei

essential information

Early experience

Yang Wei was born with congenital malnutrition. He was only 3.25 kg at birth. He was thinner than his peers all the time. His arms were long, but the length and strength of his legs were insufficient.

In 1985, five-year-old Yang Wei went to Xiantao Xinsheng Street Primary School to enroll in preschool. He happened to meet Peng Youping, coach of Xiantao amateur sports school, who came to recruit students. Soon, Yang Wei was selected because of his strong upper limbs. Yang Wei's leg shape is not good and is not favored by everyone, but coach Peng Youping insists on his own view and makes a training plan for him. When Yang Wei went to gymnastics school, he was very conscious and never came late or left early. Once, when Peng Youping led the children to practice the horizontal bar, he inadvertently found blood stains on the iron bar. He opened Yang Wei's clenched fist and saw that the palms of his worn hands were bleeding. Yang Wei's legs are not good. When he was 10 years old, Yang Wei still had thin arms and legs, and his knees were relatively large. His legs could not be stretched straight. They were X-shaped (commonly known as "outer eight characters") from the front and arched from the side. When he stood on his head, his leg movement was not beautiful at all. Peng Youping designed a "legging plastic method" for Yang Wei, which connected Yang Wei to his bachelor dormitory and tied Yang Wei's legs with gauze before going to bed every day, Sometimes he put heavy things on him. When he got up the next morning, Yang Wei's legs were numb. Peng Youping massaged him for half an hour before he could walk. After some training, Yang Wei's level has greatly improved.

In 1990, Xiantao gymnastic school recommended him to Hubei gymnastic team, but the provincial gymnastic team didn't like him because of his poor leg shape and large knee joint. However, Ding Jie, the coach of competitive gymnastic team of Wuhan Institute of physical education, appreciated him very much. He thought that he had stable mentality and had the potential of being an excellent gymnast, so Yang Wei became a student of Wuhan Institute of physical education. After Ding Jie moved to the United States, Yang Wei learned from Yao Jiqing, Sun Wei and others. In 1992, Yang Wei won five championships in the National Junior gymnastics competition. In 1996, Yang Wei re entered the gymnastics team of Hubei Province.

Sports experience

Sydney cycle

Brilliant period (1996-2000)

In 1997, Yang Wei won the team championship in the gymnastics competition of the Eighth National Games held in Shanghai.

In 1998, Yang Wei won the team champion and the all-round runner up in the gymnastics competition of the 13th Asian Games. In the same year, he won the sixth place in the National Gymnastics Championship, the third place in the horizontal bar, the fourth place in the parallel bar and the second place in floor exercise.

In 2000, at the Sydney Olympic Games, Yang Wei, as the main member, cooperated with his teammates Li Xiaopeng, Huang Xu, Xing Aowei, Zheng Lihui and Xiao Junfeng to win the first Olympic men's team championship for the Chinese gymnastics team, and he also won the silver medal in individual all-round events.

Athens cycle

Difficult period (2001-2004)

In 2001, he was the all-round champion of the National Gymnastics Championship; in 2001, he was the team champion and individual all-round champion of the East Asian Games;

In 2002, Yang Wei won the team and all-round champion of the Asian Games. In the same year, he also won the bronze medal in the 36th World Gymnastics Championships.

In August 2003, in the 37th World Gymnastics Championship held in Anaheim, the United States, the Chinese team composed of Yang Wei, Huang Xu, Xing Aowei, Li Xiaopeng, Teng Haibin and Xiao Qin took part in the team competition and won the championship. Then, Yang Wei entered the men's individual all-around finals with the 10th place in the preliminary competition, but lost to the host player Paul ham by 0.046 points, and finally won the individual all-around championship Runner up in all-around competition.

In August 2004, in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Yang Wei made a big mistake on the horizontal bar in the individual all-round competition, which led him to pass by the individual all-round champion and finally won the seventh place. In the team competition, the Chinese men's gymnastics team, known as the "dream team" of Chinese gymnastics, failed to withstand the pressure and made too many mistakes, only won the fifth place in the team.

Beijing cycle

Peak period (2005-2008)

In October 2006, Yang Wei and the Chinese men's team appeared together in the 39th World Gymnastics Championship in Aarhus, Denmark. Yang Wei led the team to sweep away the shadow of defeat in Athens and won the men's team gold medal, which was four years away. In the individual event, Yang Wei finally hung the gold medal of individual all-around on his neck after waiting for seven years. He also won the parallel bars gold medal.

In September 2007, the Chinese gymnastics team took part in the 40th World Gymnastics Championship in Stuttgart, Germany. In the men's team competition, Yang Wei and his teammates won the team champion by absolute advantage. After the individual all-round competition, although Yang Wei made a major mistake in the horizontal bar competition, he still won the championship without danger. Yang Wei also became the second defending champion of men's individual all-round in the 104 year history of the World Gymnastics Championship, and the third athlete who won the individual all-round champion twice after Li Ning and Li Xiaoshuang in the history of Chinese gymnastics.

In 2006, at the aHUS Gymnastics World Championships, Yang Wei reached the top of the individual all-round event as he wished, becoming the third Chinese man to win the men's all-round championship after Li Xiaoshuang and Feng Jing. In the same year, Yang Wei won the men's team, individual all-around, rings and parallel bars Championships in Doha Asian Games.

In 2007, at the world championships in Stuttgart, Yang Wei once again defended the men's individual all-around champion with an absolute advantage, becoming the all-round king of the world gymnastics.

On August 12, 2008, in the men's gymnastics team final of Beijing Olympic Games, Yang Wei led the Chinese men's gymnastics team to win the gold medal of the men's team with a score of 7.25 points higher than that of the Japanese team, which was the fourth Olympic team gold medal in the history of the Chinese gymnastics team. At 1:35 p.m. on August 14, the gymnastics arena of Beijing Olympic Games ended the competition of men's all-round gymnastics final. Yang Wei won the championship with 94.575 points. After 12 years, he won the gold medal of men's all-round gymnastics for China again. Yang Wei also became the first gymnast in China to win the all-round Championship of three world competitions. Yang Wei finished second with 16.425 points in the men's rings final of the Beijing Olympic Games at the National Stadium on August 18.

Officially retired

In May 2009, Yang Wei formally submitted his retirement report to the gymnastic management center of the State General Administration of sports, and the report was soon approved. So far, 29 year old Yang Wei officially ended his gymnastics career.

Acting experience

In 2008, Yang Wei, together with his teammates, followed his mentor Huang Yubin to CCTV's "appointment of famous generals".

On March 5, 2010, Yang Wei visited Hunan Satellite TV's men's fashion show "king of fashion". On September 17, Yang Wei, Huang Xu and others visited Hunan Satellite TV's variety show "day up" and attended the retirement party of teammate Li Xiaopeng. On September 22, Yang Wei, his wife Yang Yun and his son Yang Wenchang appeared on the program for the first time, and participated in the recording of "very quiet distance".

In November 2012, Yang Wei, together with Xu Jinglei, Huang Shujun and Dou Wentao, hosted the fourth season of China's talent show.

On July 23, 2013, Yang Wei, his wife Yang Yun and his son Yang Wenchang took part in the program "an appointment with Lu Yu".

On April 19, 2014, Yang Wei and his son Yang Wenchang (Yang Yang) participated in the variety show "happy camp" of Hunan Satellite TV. On July 2, Yang Wei took his son Yang Wenchang (Yang Yang) to record "day up". In June, Yang Wei and his son participated in the second season of Hunan Satellite TV star parent-child travel survival experience reality show "where's dad going" with four other groups of star dads. On August 1, Yang Wei and his son Yang Yang Yang participated in the Beijing bird's nest "dragon Trainer" super fantasy theater show. On August 28, Yang Wei took his son Yang Yang Yang to shoot a magazine.. On September 3, Yang Wei and his son Yang Yang Yang were guests of "big name driving here". On September 22, Yang Wei, his son, Li Xiaopeng and his daughter recorded "happy camp". On February 19, 2015, the big movie "where's daddy going (Season 2)" starred by him was released nationwide on the first day of January.

Personal life

family life

Yang Wei's father's name is Yang yuanpin, his mother's name is Xiao Dongxin, and his sister Yang Fan. In the eyes of his parents, Yang Wei is a sensible and considerate child. When Yang Wei was a child, he got up earlier than his parents when he went to gymnastics school in the morning, so he patted his parents who were sleeping, even if he said hello and went out. When Yang Wei didn't want to practice several times because he was bored, his father enlightened him several times and made him change his mind and stick to it.

Xiantao, like many other places, has special care and rewards for the Olympic champion. After the Sydney Olympic Games, he was awarded a villa in Xiantao high-end community, where Yang Wei's father lives, and his neighbor is Zheng Lihui, who is also an Olympic champion. After Yang Wei's sister was laid off, she went to work as an accountant in the price bureau. Yang Wei's brother-in-law and Zheng Lihui's younger brother were taken care of to open a computer sports lottery sales point.

marriage

Yang Wei's wife, Yang Yun, is a native of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province. She was the former captain of the Chinese women's gymnastics team. In December 1996, Yang Wei and Yang Yun, who did not know each other, entered the national team at the same time.

After the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Yang Yun and Yang Wei became more familiar with each other. Until 2006, the two held an engagement ceremony. In 2007, they registered.

Yang Luoyun and Yang Luowei got married in Sanya, Hainan on November, 2008.

On November 6, 2009, his son Yang Wenchang was born in Hong Kong, China.

At noon on January 16, 2017, Yang Wei's wife Yang Yun gave birth to twin daughters. Olympic champion Yang Wei and his wife Yang Wei

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