Yang Yang (杨阳)
Personal information
Born (1977-09-14) 14 September 1977
Changchun, Jilin, China
Sport
Country China
SportSpeed skating
Retired2002
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
Silver medal – second place 1998 Nagano 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1998 Nagano 3000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1998 Nagano 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2002 Salt Lake City 3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Gjovik 3000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 1998 Vienna 3000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 1999 Sofia 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 1999 Sofia 3000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sheffield 3000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2001 Jeonju 3000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1996 The Hague 3000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1999 Sofia 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 1999 Sofia Overall
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sheffield 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sheffield 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Nagano 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Sofia 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Sofia 3000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sheffield Overall
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Jeonju 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Jeonju 1000 m
World Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 BormioTeam
Gold medal – first place 1999 Milwaukee Team
Gold medal – first place 2000 The Hague Team
Gold medal – first place 2001 Nobeyama Team
Silver medal – second place 1995 Zoetermeer Team
Asian Winter Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Harbin 3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 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 of Hui ethnicity.

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; et al. "Yang Yang (S)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yang Yang (A)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Five-Ring Circus: Yang Yang and Yang Yang". The Toledo Blade. 13 February 2002. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  4. ↑ Lopresti, Mike (10 February 2006). "Athletes usher in the Torino Games". USA Today. Retrieved 2 February 2010.


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