Yang Yang (speed skater, born 1977)

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 (杨阳)
Personal information
Born (1977-09-14) 14 September 1977
Changchun, Jilin, China
Sport
Country China
SportSpeed skating
Retired2002

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]

Born 1977, Yang is sometimes known as Yang Yang (S), to differentiate her from the speed skater named Yang Yang born in 1976 (known as "Yang Yang (A)").

By coincidence, Yang 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) disliked the "L" designation 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]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yang Yang (S)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yang Yang (A)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  3. "Five-Ring Circus: Yang Yang and Yang Yang". The Toledo Blade. 13 February 2002. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  4. Lopresti, Mike (10 February 2006). "Athletes usher in the Torino Games". USA Today. Retrieved 2 February 2010.


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