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Yang Wei
Personal information
Full nameYang Wei
Country represented China
HometownWuhan, Hubei
Height157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior
ClubChina National School
Head coach(es)Yubin Huang
Assistant coach(es)Wang Guo Qin
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Individual all-around
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Rings
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Individual all-around
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Stuttgart Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2007 Stuttgart All-around
Gold medal – first place 2006 Aarhus Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2006 Aarhus All-around
Gold medal – first place 2006 Aarhus Parallel Bars
Gold medal – first place 2003 Anaheim Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2003 Anaheim All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Debrecen Vault
Gold medal – first place 1999 Tianjin Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Tianjin High Bar

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Yang Wei (Chinese: 杨威, Chinese: Yáng Wēi, born February 8, 1980 in Xiantao) is a male gymnast from China.

Background

Yang Wei won the silver medal in the individual all-around competition and won the gold in the team event at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

In 2003, he again won the gold in the team event and silver in the all-around competition at the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim.

At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, his world championship winning team finished fifth after many of them fell. The Chinese team redeemed itself by taking gold in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, beating out Japan and the United States.

Yang returned to form at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Aarhus, by winning gold in the team event, individual all-around and parallel bars competitions. He also won gold medal in the team event, individual all-around, rings and parallel bars competitions at the 2006 Asian Games.

He successfully defended his team and all-around titles at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, and won the all-around and rings at the Chinese National Championships in 2007 and 2008.[1].

Yang Wei won gold in the individual all-around and the team final at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. He also won silver in the rings event final and placed fourth in the pommel horse even final[2].

Yang Wei is best known for his impressive difficulty scores across the six events.[3]

Personal life

Yang Wei has a long-time relationship with former gymnast, Yang Yun, who is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist (in team and uneven bars) for China, and now a CCTV reporter. In June of 2006, Yang Wei invited Yang Yun to a news conference, which turned out to be a ploy for him to surprise her with a proposal. While he trained for the Beijing Olympic Games, the two had very few chances to be together, and kept in touch through text messaging.[4]After his Olympic gold in the All-Around in Beijing on Thursday, Yang Wei faced the camera and mouthed the words, "I love you," to his fiancee. Yang Yun, who watched his victory on television, shouted "I love you, too!" back to the screen.Yang Wei: "Gold Medal for my Love!"[5] The two got married November 6, 2008.

References

  1. ^ http://gymnastics.about.com/od/athletestowatch/p/YangWei.htm
  2. ^ http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GA/C73G/GAM024101.shtml#GAM024101
  3. ^ http://gymnastics.about.com/od/athletestowatch/p/YangWei.htm
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ [2]

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