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.
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  China
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1996 Atlanta | 10 m running target |
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2000 Sydney | 10 m running target |
Olympic results
edit| Event | 1996 | 2000 |
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| 10 metre running target | Gold 585+100.8 |
Gold 581+100.1 |
Other major performances
edit- 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| Current world records held in 10 metre running target mixed | ||||||
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| Men | Teams | 1158 | Russia (Blinov, Ermolenko, Lykin) China (Gan, Niu, Yang) |
March 22, 2002 July 31, 2006 |
Thessaloniki (GRE) Zagreb (CRO) |
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References
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