Yang Qian (sport shooter)
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| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 July 2000 Ningbo, Zhejiang, China[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Yang Qian". olympedia.org. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "China shooter Yang Qian wins first gold medal of Tokyo Olympics". South China Morning Post. 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. 27 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
Olympic champions in women's 10 metre air rifle | |
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Olympic champions in mixed team 10 metre air rifle | |
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