Yang Ling

"杨凌" and "楊淩" redirect here. For the Xianyang district, see Yangling District. For the economic zone in Shaanxi, see Yangling Agricultural Hi-tech Industries Demonstration Zone.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.
Yang Ling
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  China
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta 10 m running target
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney 10 m running target

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

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

  • 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

Current world records held in 10 metre running target mixed
Men Teams 1158  Russia (Blinov, Ermolenko, Lykin)
 China (Gan, Niu, Yang) 		March 22, 2002
July 31, 2006 		Thessaloniki (GRE)
Zagreb (CRO) 		edit

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