Yang Yang

Yang Yang

Yang Yang, born in Tangyuan County, Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province on August 24, 1975, is a world champion, Olympic champion and former athlete of Chinese women's short track speed skating team.

In 1984, Yang Yang began skating training. In 1988, Yang Yang entered Harbin sports school to practice short track speed skating. In 1995, Yang Yang entered the national team from Heilongjiang provincial team. In 2002, Yang Yang won the gold medal of women's short track speed skating 500m in the Winter Olympic Games, becoming China's first Winter Olympic champion. In 2002, Yang Yang won four gold medals of 500m, 1000m, 1500m and individual all-round in the world short track speed skating championships, and achieved six consecutive championships in individual all-round events. Throughout his career, Yang Yang has won 59 World Championships, and is the Chinese athlete who has won the most world championships. On August 17, 2006, Yang Yang held a retirement ceremony in Beijing.

He is currently vice chairman of the all China Youth Federation, member of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, member of the education, science, health and Sports Committee of the 13th CPPCC National Committee, chairman of the Athletes Committee of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and the winter Paralympic Games, and vice chairman of the World Anti Doping Agency.

Character experience

Early experience

Yang Yang was born in an ordinary family in Tangyuan County, Heilongjiang Province. He was a quiet child and almost never cried. Seeing that the child was so quiet, Yang's mother gave Yang Yang the nickname "Bingxin", which means a quiet heart like ice. Yang Yang's father is a policeman and his mother runs a small photo studio. The naughty and stubborn Yang Yang has a natural talent and love for skating since she was a child. At the age of eight, Yang Yang was favored by Wang Chunyao, the coach of amateur sports school in her hometown. From then on, she began her lifelong journey of ice and snow.

At the age of 14, Yang Yang, who was not outstanding at that time, was selected by Jin Meiyu, a teacher of the provincial sports school. What Jin Meiyu saw was Yang Yang's potential and excellent ice sense. However, Yang Yang, who had never received formal professional training, was the bottom runner up as soon as he entered the team. If you do not perform well, you may be returned to your home country at any time. Now that I'm determined to practice the short track well.

Sports career

In 1984, Yang Yang began skating training.

In 1986, Yang Yang entered Qitaihe amateur sports school.

In April 1988, Yang Yang entered Harbin sports school to practice short track speed skating.

In April 1991, Yang Yang won the 3000 meter national short track speed skating championship, which is the first national championship Yang Yang won.

In 1992, Yang Yang won the women's 1500m and 3000m all-round Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Beijing.

In 1993, Yang Yang was selected into the Chinese national training team.

In 1995, Yang Yang entered the Chinese national team from Heilongjiang provincial team.

In February 1995, Yang Yang took part in the World Winter Universiade in Spain and won the women's 3000 meter relay. In March, Yang Yang took part in the Norwegian world short track speed skating championship. Working with her teammates, she broke the world record of women's 3000 meter relay with a time of 4:24.68 and won the championship. On December 3, Yang Yang took part in the Asian Short Track Speed Skating Championship held in Harbin. In the women's 3000 meter relay race, Yang Yang worked with his teammates to break the world record by 4:24.12 and won the championship. In the women's 1500m short track speed skating competition, Yang Yang surpassed the original world record by 2:25.26 and won the third place.

On February 5, 1996, Yang Yang took part in the third Asian Winter Games held in Harbin. She won the women's 1500 meter short track speed skating champion with 2:28.93. On February 6, in the women's 3000 meter relay race, Yang Yang and his teammates broke the world record by 4:23.13 and won the championship.

In February 1997, Yang Yang participated in the 18th Winter Universiade held in South Korea and won the women's 3000 meter relay championship with his teammates. In March, Yang Yang took part in the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships held in Japan and won the women's 500m, 1000m and women's all-around Championships in short track speed skating. In the same year, Yang Yang took part in the short track speed skating competition of the 8th National Games in Beijing, and won the women's 500m champion in 46.05 seconds. Meanwhile, Yang Yang also won the second place in the women's 1000m short track speed skating competition.

In February 1998, Yang Yang took part in the short track speed skating competition of the 18th Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, and won the eighth place in the women's 500m. In the women's 3000 meter relay race, Yang Yang and his teammates won the second place with a time of 4:16.383, breaking the world record. In March, at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships held in Vienna, Austria, Yang Yangxian won the women's 1500 meter championship. After that, she won the women's 1000m championship with a score of 1:33.562. In the women's 3000 meter relay, Yang Yang cooperated with his teammates and won the relay champion. In addition, Yang Yang also won the women's all-around champion of the world short track speed skating championships, and won the second place of the women's 3000m in the world short track speed skating championships with a score of 5:20.057. In September, Yang Yang participated in the first leg of the first World Cup short track speed skating series held in Montreal, Canada, and finally won the women's 3000 meter champion and women's all-around champion. In November, Yang Yang took part in the fifth leg of the world cup short track speed skating series held in Tokyo, Japan. He won the women's 1000m, 1500m and 3000m with 1:38.440, 2:38.499 and 6:1.971 respectively. He cooperated with his teammates and won the women's 3000m relay with 4:26.397. In December, Yang Yang took part in the sixth leg of the world cup short track speed skating series held in Beijing and won the women's 500m, 1000m, 1500m and 3000m championships with 46.02 seconds, 1.40.81 seconds, 2.34.97 seconds and 5.43.71 seconds respectively. In addition, Yang Yang cooperated with his teammates to win the women's 3000 meter relay championship in 4 minutes and 23 seconds, and won the individual championship and team championship of the first World Cup short track speed skating series. Yang Yang

In January 1999, Yang Yang took part in the short track speed skating competition of the 9th Winter Games in Changchun, and won the women's 1000m, 1500m and all-round three championships with the scores of 1:36.604, 2:43.659 and 102 respectively. In February, Yang Yang took part in the short track speed skating competition of the fourth Asian Winter Games in Longping, South Korea. She won the women's 500m champion in 45.490 seconds and broke the Asian record. In addition, she also won the women's 1000m champion and the second place in the women's 1500m competition. In March, Yang Yang participated in the world short track speed skating team championship in St. Louis, USA. she cooperated with her teammates and won the championship. In late March, Yang Yang took part in the world short track speed skating championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. He won the women's 500m, 1000m, 3000m and all-around championships with the score of 44.64s, 1.37s.44s, 5.48s.541 and 123 respectively. He cooperated with his teammates and won the women's 3000m relay championship with the score of 4.23s.725, and the second place of women's 1500m with the score of 2.34s.825. In October, Yang Yang took part in the world cup short track speed skating competition in Utah, USA, and won the women's relay champion with 4:16.260. In December, Yang Yang won the first place in the women's 1000m, 1500m, 3000m, individual all-round and 3000m relay in Changchun station of the world cup short track speed skating series.

In January 2000, Yang Yang participated in the world cup short track speed skating series held in Gothenburg, Sweden, and won the women's 500m and 1500m Championships. In February, Yang Yang took part in the world cup short track speed skating competition in helenfen, the Netherlands, and won the first place in the women's 1500m. Subsequently, Yang Yang won the women's 1000 meter relay and women's 3000 meter relay at the first winter friendship games. In early March, Yang Yang participated in the world short track speed skating team competition held in the Hague, the Netherlands, and won the women's team championship in cooperation with his teammates. In late March, Yang Yang participated in the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships held in Sheffield, and won the women's individual all-round, women's 1000m and women's 3000m individual Championships, as well as the women's 3000m relay championship. He became the first athlete to win the women's individual all-round Championship for four consecutive years in the history of the event. In early October, Yang Yang took part in the first leg of the world cup short track speed skating competition held in Canada, and won the first place in women's 1000m, women's 1500m, women's all-round triathlon and the second place in women's 3000m. In late October, Yang Yang took part in the second leg of the world cup short track speed skating competition held in the United States. He won the first place in the women's 1000m with a score of 1:34.055 and the first place in the women's 500m with a score of 44.664. In cooperation with his teammates, he won the first place in the women's 3000m relay and the second place in the women's 1500m. In December, Yang Yang participated in the world cup short track speed skating series held in Changchun and won the women's 500m, 1000m and 3M

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