Yang Yang (S)

Yang Yang (杨阳)

Personal information
Born	(1977-09-14) September 14, 1977 Changchun, Jilin, China
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Speed skating
Retired	2002
Medal record Women's short track speed skating Competitor for  China Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 4 1 World Championships 6 5 6 World Team Championships 4 1 0 Olympic Games 1998 Nagano 500 m 1998 Nagano 3000 m relay 1998 Nagano 1000 m 2002 Salt Lake City 3000 m relay 2002 Salt Lake City 1000 m World Championships 1995 Gjovik 3000 m relay 1998 Vienna 3000 m relay 1999 Sofia 1500 m 1999 Sofia 3000 m relay 2000 Sheffield 3000 m relay 2001 Jeonju 3000 m relay 1996 The Hague 3000 m relay 1999 Sofia 1000 m 1999 Sofia Overall 2000 Sheffield 500 m 2000 Sheffield 1000 m 1997 Nagano 1500 m 1999 Sofia 500 m 1999 Sofia 3000 m 2000 Sheffield Overall 2001 Jeonju 500 m 2001 Jeonju 1000 m World Team Championships 1998 Bormio Team 1999 Milwaukee Team 2000 The Hague Team 2001 Nobeyama Team 1995 Zoetermeer Team

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.

Yang 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] By coincidence, she 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) took offense at this 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]

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