Sang Yang (; born: 17 July 1982) is a retired Chinese badminton player and former Olympian from
Zhejiang
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Career
Sang started representing China in the junior tournament, and at the
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
and
2000 Asian Junior Championships, he helped the boys' team clinch the gold medal. He won the individual medals captured the boys' doubles gold and boys' singles silver in 1999, and also boys' doubles gold and mixed doubles silver in 2000. At the
2000 World Junior Championships, he won three gold medals in the boys' doubles, mixed doubles and team event.
Sang won the 2003
Indonesia Open in the men's doubles with partner
Zheng Bo. In
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
they defeated
Denmark's Jens Eriksen
Jens Dyrløv Eriksen (born 30 December 1969) is a badminton player from Denmark. He competed in four consecutive Olympic Games from 1996 to 2008, and won a mixed doubles bronze medal in 2004 partnered with Mette Schjoldager. At the World Cham ...
and
Martin Lundgaard in the
Thomas Cup
The Thomas Cup, sometimes referred as World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body. The championships h ...
final to clinch the deciding third point for the
Chinese team.
Sang competed for China in
badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex from 14 August through 21 August. Both men and women competed in their own singles and doubles events and together they competed in a mixed do ...
also in men's doubles with Zheng Bo. They had a bye in the first round and defeated
Chan Chong Ming and
Chew Choon Eng of
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
in the second. In the quarterfinals, Sang and Zheng lost 7–15, 11–15 to
Korea's Kim Dong-moon and
Ha Tae-kwon
Ha Tae-kwon (; born 30 April 1975) is a badminton player from South Korea. Born in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, Ha started his career in badminton with the recommendation of Kim Dong-moon in elementary school. He made his international debut ...
who went on to win the gold medal.
Sang retired on 22 March 2007, because of an injury.
Achievements
World Championships
''Men's doubles''
World Junior Championships
''Boys' doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
Asian Junior Championships
''Boys' singles''
''Boys' doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.
''Men's doubles''
IBF International
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
Badminton players from Zhejiang
Chinese male badminton players
Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players for China