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.
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yang.
Medal record
Men's shooting
Competitor for  China
Gold 1996 Atlanta 10 m running target
Gold 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.

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Olympic results

Event 1996 2000
10 metre running target Gold
585+100.8		 Gold
581+100.1

Other major performances

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

References

1992: Michael Jakosits • 1996: Yang Ling • 2000: Yang Ling • 2004: Manfred Kurzer