Yang Ling
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's shooting | ||
| Representing File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1996 Atlanta | 10 m running target |
| Gold medal – first place | 2000 Sydney | 10 m running target |
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Yang Ling (simplified Chinese: 杨凌; traditional Chinese: 楊淩; pinyin: Yáng Líng, born May 24, 1968, in Beijing) is a male Chinese sports shooter. He won both the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Olympic Games in 10 metre running target, being the only shooter to successfully defend an Olympic title in that event.
Olympic results
[edit | edit source]| Event | 1996 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| 10 metre running target | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 585+100.8 |
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 581+100.1 |
Other major performances
[edit | edit source]- 1994 National Champions Tournament - 1st 10m moving target 30+30
- 1994 National Qualification Tournament - 1st team, 2nd 10m moving target 30+30
- 1994 National Moving Target Championships - 1st 10m moving target mixed speed & 2nd 10m moving target standard speed
- 1996 World Championships - 1st 50m moving target team & 2nd 25m standard pistol 60 shots team
Records
[edit | edit source]| Current world records held in 10 metre running target mixed | ||||||
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| Men | Teams | 1158 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (Blinov, Ermolenko, Lykin) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (Gan, Niu, Yang) |
March 22, 2002 July 31, 2006 |
Thessaloniki (GRE) Zagreb (CRO) |
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References
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Categories:
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Chinese male sport shooters
- Running target shooters
- Olympic shooters for China
- Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for China
- Olympic medalists in shooting
- Sport shooters from Beijing
- Shooters at the 2002 Asian Games
- Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Asian Games shooters for China
- Asian Games bronze medalists for China
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- 20th-century Chinese sportsmen
- 21st-century Chinese sportsmen
- Asian Games gold medalists in shooting
- Asian Games bronze medalists in shooting
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