Yang Yung-wei (;

Paiwan language Paiwan is a native language of Taiwan, spoken by the Paiwan, a Taiwanese indigenous people. Paiwan is a Formosan language of the Austronesian language family. It is also one of the national languages of Taiwan. Dialects Paiwan variants are s ...

: Drangadrang; born 28 September 1997) is a Taiwanese Paiwan

judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo") ...

. He is the current silver Olympic medalist in the Extra Lightweight event. He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...

held in Jakarta,

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Career

Yang was born in

Shizi, Pingtung Shizi Township is a mountain indigenous township in Pingtung County, Taiwan. It is the largest township of the county. The main population is the Paiwan people of the Taiwanese aborigines. Names The original Paiwan name for the area was Tja ...

, and raised in

Taichung Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Ta ...

. He began practicing judo while attending primary school, during his third grade year. His mother and two other siblings also had judo experience. As a Shin Min High School student, Yang was coached by Lin Shih-hsuan. In 2017, he competed at the

Summer Universiade The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and " Olympiad". The Universiade is referr ...

held in

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

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. In 2018, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the

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held in Jakarta,

. At the

2019 Asian-Pacific Judo Championships The 2019 Asian Judo Championships were the 24th edition of the Asian Judo Championships, and were held in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُت ...

held in Fujairah,

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, he won the silver medal in the men's 60 kg event. In that same year, he also competed in the men's 60 kg event at the 2019 World Judo Championships held in

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, Japan. In 2020, he won the silver medal in the men's 60 kg event at the Judo Grand Slam Düsseldorf held in

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. In 2021, he won the silver medal in his event at the

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held in

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. A few months later, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the

2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya The 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya was held at the Antalya Arena in Antalya, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontine ...

held in

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. Yang won the silver medal in the men's 60 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He also became the first Taiwanese judoka to win a medal in judo at the Summer Olympics, as well as the first Taiwanese medalist of the 2020 Olympics. At the

2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi The 2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi was held at the Jiu-Jitsu Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 26 to 28 November 2021. Event videos The event will air freely on the IJF YouTube channel. Medal summary Men's events Women's even ...

held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, he won the gold medal in his event. He also won the gold medal in his event at the

2022 Judo Grand Slam Antalya The 2022 Judo Grand Slam Antalya was held in Antalya, Turkey, from 1–3 April 2022. Event videos The event airs freely on the IJF YouTube channel. Medal table Men's events Women's events Prize money The sums written are per medalist, ...

held in Antalya, Turkey.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Yung-wei Living people 1997 births People from Pingtung County Taiwanese male judoka Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade Judoka at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games medalists in judo Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Taiwan Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Taiwan Olympic medalists in judo Paiwan people Sportspeople from Taichung 21st-century Taiwanese people