Ling Yong
| Medal record | ||
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| Track and field (P54-58) | ||
Representing  China
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| Paralympic Games | ||
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2004 Athens | Pentathlon – P54-58 |
Ling Yong (凌勇; born 1978) is a Paralympic athlete from China competing in P54-58 pentathlon events (seated shot put, seated javelin throw, 200m wheelchair sprint, seated discus throw, 1500m wheelchair race).[1]
Ling contracted poliomyelitis in his youth. He began competing in wheelchair marathons in 1999.[2] He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There he won a gold medal in the men's Pentathlon – P54-58 event with a world record performance[3] that still stands in January 2013.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "IPC Athletics Rules and Regulations" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. p. 114. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ "原参赛项目被取消 凌勇：传递残奥圣火也是参与". 2 September 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "ATHENS 2004 Paralympic Games – Athletics – Men's Pentathlon P54-58". International Paralympic Committee.
- ^ "World Records - Athletics | IPC". Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
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