Yang Haoran
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Nationality | Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | FR3X40) | 22 February 1996|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Hebei Sports[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Cai Yalin[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yang Haoran (
Yang took part in his first international competition as a 17-year-old at the
When China hosted the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, Yang maintained a comfortable lead over the rest of the field to win the gold medal for his team in the boys' 10 m air rifle with a record of 209.3.[4][5] Less than a month later, Yang captured his first ever title at the World Championships in Granada, Spain, setting a new junior world record of 632.1 points. Yang's win vaulted him to the top of the world rankings and also granted him one of the six Olympic quota places for Rio 2016.[6][7]
On his senior debut at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Yang added another individual gold to his career tally by leading the medal haul for China in the 10 m air rifle with a score of 209.6 points. Yang's win also helped his fellow shooters Cao Yifei and Liu Tianyou deliver a first-place finish over the rest of the field in the team event, finishing with an aggregated tally of 1886.4.[8][9]
See also
References
- ^ Incheon 2014. Archived from the originalon 23 September 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ a b "ISSF Profile – Yang Haoran". ISSF. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ Dalla Dea, Marco (9 November 2013). "17-year old Yang pocketed Air Rifle Men Gold, finishing ahead of World Champ Campriani". ISSF. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ Ceschi, Alessandro (20 August 2014). "World number one Yang claims gold at home with 5-point lead". ISSF. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- Olympics. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ Dalla Dea, Marco (8 September 2014). "YOG Champion Yang (CHN) wins the first Gold medal and Olympic Quota of Granada". ISSF. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- Rio 2016. 20 August 2014. Archived from the originalon 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- Xinhua. GlobalPost. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ "China's teen sensation Yang Haoran leads 10-metre air rifle sweep at Asian Games". Abu Dhabi: The National. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.