Yang Qian
Yang with gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (2000-07-10) 10 July 2000 (age 23)
Ningbo, Zhejiang, China[1]
Sport
SportShooting
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 10 metre air rifle
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 10 meter air rifle mixed team
Yang Qian
Simplified Chinese杨倩

Yang Qian (杨倩; born 10 July 2000) is a Chinese sport shooter. She represented China at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in summer of 2021, where she won two gold medals.

Born in Ningbo, a port city in southeastern China's Zhejiang province, she started shooting training at the age of 10. She is currently a third-year undergraduate studying economics and management at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

On July 14, 2021, Yang was listed as part of the official Chinese sport shooting delegation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. On 24 July 2021, she won the gold medal in women's 10 metre air rifle,[2][3] which is the first gold medal of this Olympiad. Three days later, she teamed with Yang Haoran to win the gold medal in mixed 10 metre air rifle team in the event's debut on the Olympic stage.[4]

The overall strength of the rifle event of the Chinese shooting team is very strong. The competitive environment faced by Yang Qian is very fierce, and her own condition is not particularly good. Therefore, after Yang Qian missed the World Championships, she missed the Asian Games again in 2023.[5]

References

  1. ^ "中国代表团首枚金牌！杨倩10米气步枪摘金，她来自清华大学". The Paper. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Yang Qian". olympedia.org. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. ^ "China shooter Yang Qian wins first gold medal of Tokyo Olympics". South China Morning Post. 24 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. 27 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  5. ^ 张珊珊. "射击队亚运阵容出炉 东京奥运会首金得主杨倩落选". sports.cctv.com. Retrieved 6 October 2023.


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