Yang Yang (; born 26 June 1991 in

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province) is a Chinese athlete specialising in the

sprinting Sprinting is running over a short distance at the top-most speed of the body in a limited period of time. It is used in many sports that incorporate running, typically as a way of quickly reaching a target or goal, or avoiding or catching an op ...

events.2015 Universiade profile
/ref> He won the silver medal with the Chinese

4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the indiv ...

at the

2011 Summer Universiade The 2011 Summer Universiade ( zh, c=2011年夏季世界大学生运动会, labels=no), also known as the XXVI Summer Universiade ( zh, c=, s=第二十六届夏季世界大学生运动会, labels=no) and Shenzhen 2011, was hosted in Shenzhen, Gua ...

. A student of broadcasting at the

Beijing University Peking University (PKU) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. It i ...

, he represented his country at three consecutive Summer Universiades.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at ...

– 10.24 (+1.8 m/s) (Gwangju 2015) Indoor *

60 metres 60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At indoor events, the 60 metres is run on lanes set out in the mi ...

– 6.55 (Nanjing 2016)

References

* 1991 births Living people Chinese male sprinters Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for China People from Shangrao Runners from Jiangxi Competitors at the 2013 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2015 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub