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As Champions in two [[Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]], Yang won lots fo honours. He was the winner at Best Group of CCTV Sports Personality Awards of Year 2008, the winner of |
As Champions in two [[Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]], Yang won lots fo honours. He was the winner at Best Group of CCTV Sports Personality Awards of Year 2008, the winner of |
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2008 China Top Ten Benefiting Laureus Sports for Good<ref name="yang">[http://www.jxsssydglzx.com/lishihuigu/tupianjijin/2015-07-15/10.html honours of Yang Wenjun]</ref>. he also won the honor at 2004 Top 10 Outstanding Youths of Jiangxi<ref>[http://www.jx.xinhuanet.com/ywdd/2004-10/17/content_3047476.htm xinhuanet.com.com (2004-10-17): 2004 Top 10 Outstanding Youths of Jiangxi]</ref>, 2008 Top 10 Yichun People<ref>[http://jxyc.jxnews.com.cn/system/2009/01/14/011006378.shtml jxnews.com (2009-01-14): 2008 Top 10 Yichun People]</ref>, 2008 People Who Moved Fengcheng<ref>[http://jiangxi.jxnews.com.cn/system/2013/08/13/012573671.shtml Jiangxi advanced people (Yang Wenjun)]</ref>. Yang was selected the representative of [[17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China|17th CCPC National Congress]]<ref>[http://www.jxgdw.com/jxgd/ntv/jszbs/sqd/tp/userobject1ai770268.html Jiangxi TV (2008-10-19): rcords of interviewing Yang Wenjun in Beijing], [http://www.jxcn.cn/69/2007-8-31/30085@330101.htm jxcn.cn (2007-8-31): record of elegant demeanor]</ref>, he currently serves as the vice director, the [[Communist Party |
2008 China Top Ten Benefiting Laureus Sports for Good<ref name="yang">[http://www.jxsssydglzx.com/lishihuigu/tupianjijin/2015-07-15/10.html honours of Yang Wenjun]</ref>. he also won the honor at 2004 Top 10 Outstanding Youths of Jiangxi<ref>[http://www.jx.xinhuanet.com/ywdd/2004-10/17/content_3047476.htm xinhuanet.com.com (2004-10-17): 2004 Top 10 Outstanding Youths of Jiangxi]</ref>, 2008 Top 10 Yichun People<ref>[http://jxyc.jxnews.com.cn/system/2009/01/14/011006378.shtml jxnews.com (2009-01-14): 2008 Top 10 Yichun People]</ref>, 2008 People Who Moved Fengcheng<ref>[http://jiangxi.jxnews.com.cn/system/2013/08/13/012573671.shtml Jiangxi advanced people (Yang Wenjun)]</ref>. Yang was selected the representative of [[17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China|17th CCPC National Congress]]<ref>[http://www.jxgdw.com/jxgd/ntv/jszbs/sqd/tp/userobject1ai770268.html Jiangxi TV (2008-10-19): rcords of interviewing Yang Wenjun in Beijing], [http://www.jxcn.cn/69/2007-8-31/30085@330101.htm jxcn.cn (2007-8-31): record of elegant demeanor]</ref>, he currently serves as the vice director, the secretary of [[Communist Party of China|communist party]] committee, and a coach in Jiangxi Water Sports Administration Center on October 8, 2008<ref name="yang"/>. |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Native name | 杨文军 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Rongtang, Fengcheng, Jiangxi [2] | 25 December 1983||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Jiangxi Normal University[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | male sprint canoeist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2013 [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Template:Chinese name Yang Wenjun (simplified Chinese: 杨文军; traditional Chinese: 楊文軍; pinyin: Yáng Wénjūn, born December 25, 1983 in Fengcheng, Jiangxi) is a a Chinese former flatwater canoeist who has competed since the early 2000s, the gold medalists at two Olympic Games, he won the Canadian canoe C-2 500 m gold medal both in 2004 and 2008.
As an Olympian and a competitive canoeist with master degree graduated from Jiangxi Normal University, Yang officially announced his retirement at the 2009 National Games end, made a short time comeback for competing in the 13th National Games 2013[5]. He won lots of medalists in major international and domestic competition events, he was three gold and one silver medalists in two Asian Games; he participated in four National Games from 2001 to 2013, won four gold medalists in later three National Games[6].
As Champions in two Olympic Games, Yang won lots fo honours. He was the winner at Best Group of CCTV Sports Personality Awards of Year 2008, the winner of 2008 China Top Ten Benefiting Laureus Sports for Good[7]. he also won the honor at 2004 Top 10 Outstanding Youths of Jiangxi[8], 2008 Top 10 Yichun People[9], 2008 People Who Moved Fengcheng[10]. Yang was selected the representative of 17th CCPC National Congress[11], he currently serves as the vice director, the secretary of communist party committee, and a coach in Jiangxi Water Sports Administration Center on October 8, 2008[7].
Career
Yang's first major international success came at the 2002 Asian Games where, aged only 18, he won two gold C-2 medals with Wang Bing. At the 2003 world championships in Gainesville, USA he was the youngest of the individual C-1 1000m finalists, finishing a very creditable seventh overall.
At the start of the 2004 season he formed a new C-2 partnership with the more experienced Meng, working under Canadian coach Marek Ploch. On their first international appearance together in Komatsu, Japan, they shocked observers by posting a 500 m time of 1:40.27. Then, in June, they won the prestigious Duisburg World Cup.
At the Olympic Games in Athens, they were drawn in the toughest heat alongside all the main medal contenders. They won the heat in a time of 1:38.916, almost a full second ahead of Cubans Rojas and Ledys Balceiro. The final was much closer with less than a second separating the first eight contenders but Meng and Yang again came out on top, beating the Cuban pair to win the gold medal.
After the Olympics, Yang returned to the C-1. At the 2005 World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia he raced over all three distances, despite the new compressed schedule, and finished 6th (500 m), 7th (1000 m) and 10th (200 m).
At the 2006 World Championships in Szeged, Hungary, Yang concentrated on the shorter distance events. He won the C-1 500 m bronze medal, China's first-ever men's world championship medal, and finished fifth in the C-1 200 m. Yang won another bronze in the C-1 500 m event at the following world championships in Duisburg.
Meng and Yang defended their Olympic title four years later despite their boat capsizing at the finish line after their win.
Yang is 177 cm (5'10") tall and weighs 77 kg (169 lbs).
References
- ^ a b c Olympics: Sports-Reference.com - Yang Wenjun's profile (杨文军)
- ^ More details of Yang Wenjun according to 163.com (2013-12-10), the first Olypic gold medalist: xinhuanet.com (2009-09-24), Jiangxi news (2004-9-14)
- ^ details Yang Wenjun after his retirement jxnu.edu.cn (2013-12-30)
- ^ sports.sina.com (2013-9-11)
- ^ a b more details about Yang Wenjun's recent situation jiangxi.jxnews.com (2013-08-13)
- ^ dalian.runsky (2013-09-12), jxnews.com (2013-09-11)
- ^ a b honours of Yang Wenjun
- ^ xinhuanet.com.com (2004-10-17): 2004 Top 10 Outstanding Youths of Jiangxi
- ^ jxnews.com (2009-01-14): 2008 Top 10 Yichun People
- ^ Jiangxi advanced people (Yang Wenjun)
- ^ Jiangxi TV (2008-10-19): rcords of interviewing Yang Wenjun in Beijing, jxcn.cn (2007-8-31): record of elegant demeanor
- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Yichun, Jiangxi
- Sportspeople from Jiangxi
- Male canoeists
- Olympic canoeists of China
- Olympic gold medalists for China
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in canoeing
- Canoeists at the 2002 Asian Games
- Canoeists at the 2006 Asian Games
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian