Yang Song (born 23 June 1989 in

Yuxi Yuxi ( zh, c=玉溪, p=Yùxī) is a prefecture-level city in the central part of Yunnan province of the People's Republic of China. The administrative center of Yuxi is Hongta District. Yuxi is approximately south of Kunming. Geography Yuxi i ...

) is a Chinese tumbling

trampoline gymnast Trampolining or trampoline gymnastics is a competitive Olympic Games, Olympic sport in which athletes perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. In competition, these can include simple jumps in the straight, pike, tuck, or straddle posit ...

, representing his nation at international competitions. He won medals at world championships, including at the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and

2015 Trampoline World Championships The 31st Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships was held at the Stadium Arena Fyn in Odense, Denmark, from November 25–28, 2015. This event was the first qualifying round for the 2016 Olympics which was held in Rio de Janeiro. The top 8 m ...

. He took up gymnastics in 1995, and began trampolining in 2000 in Yunnan Province. He was named an International Elite Athlete by the General Administration of Sport of China in 2008. In March 2018, Yang was convicted of contractual fraud and sentenced to 10 years and four months in prison.

Personal

He pursued higher education at the Beijing Sport University.

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* 1989 births Living people Chinese male trampolinists People from Yuxi Medalists at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships Gymnasts from Yunnan 20th-century Chinese people 21st-century Chinese sportsmen {{PRChina-sport-bio-stub