Yang Wei (gymnast)

Chinese artistic gymnast
Yang Wei
Personal information
Full nameYang Wei
Country representedChina
Born (1980-02-08) February 8, 1980 (age 44)
Xiantao, Hubei, China
HometownWuhan, Hubei, China
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior
ClubChina National School
Head coach(es)Huang Yubin
Assistant coach(es)Wang Guoqin
RetiredJune 2009

Yang Wei (simplified Chinese: 杨威; traditional Chinese: 楊威; pinyin: Yáng Wēi; born February 8, 1980, in Xiantao, Hubei) is a Chinese gymnast.

Career

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. Wei was also the favorite to win the gold medal at the Individual All-Around in Athens as well, but a fall from the high bar earned him a low score of 8.975 and put him out of medal contention. He placed seventh that night. 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 a silver in the rings event final and placed fourth in the pommel horse event final.[2]

Yang Wei is best known for his impressive difficulty scores across the six events.[1]

Personal life

Yang Wei has a long-time relationship with former gymnast, Yang Yun, who is an Olympic bronze medalist (uneven bars) for China, and now a CCTV reporter. In June 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.[3] 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 fiancée. Yang Yun, who watched his victory on television, shouted "I love you, too!" back to the screen. Yang Wei: "Gold Medal for my Love!"[4] The two married on November 6, 2008. Their son, Yang Wenchang (杨文昌), was born November 2009. Their twin daughters were born in 2017.

References

  1. ^ a b "Yang Wei- Bio of Gymnast Yang Wei". Gymnastics.about.com. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
  2. ^ "Results: Men's Individual All-Around Final". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on August 17, 2008. Retrieved August 14, 2008.
  3. ^ "杨威漂亮女友曝光 惹他女友有风险(组图)_行健天下 楼塔人生_新浪博客". Archived from the original on 2008-08-18.
  4. ^ "Yang Wei: "Gold Medal for my love!" -CNN iReport". Ireport.com. 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2011-10-29.

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Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Team All-Around
2000  China (CHN): Huang Xu, Li Xiaopeng, Xiao Junfeng, Xing Aowei, Yang Wei, Zheng Lihui
2008  China (CHN): Chen Yibing, Huang Xu, Li Xiaopeng, Xiao Qin, Yang Wei, Zou Kai
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1999:  China (CHN), Dong Zhen, Huang Xu, Li Xiaopeng, Lu Yufu, Xing Aowei, Yang Wei
2003:  China (CHN), Huang Xu, Li Xiaopeng, Teng Haibin, Xiao Qin, Xing Aowei, Yang Wei
2006:  China (CHN), Chen Yibing, Feng Jing, Liang Fuliang, Xiao Qin, Yang Wei, Zou Kai
2007:  China (CHN), Chen Yibing, Huang Xu, Liang Fuliang, Xiao Qin, Yang Wei, Zou Kai
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