Yang Ling

Yang Ling
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  China
Gold medal – first place1996 Atlanta10 m running target
Gold medal – first place2000 Sydney10 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

Records

Current world records held in 10 metre running target mixed
Men Teams1158 Russia (Blinov, Ermolenko, Lykin)
 China (Gan, Niu, Yang)
March 22, 2002
July 31, 2006
Thessaloniki (GRE)
Zagreb (CRO)
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