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杨扬

楊揚
Yáng Yáng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Yang Yang, Chinese short-track speed skater, first Chinese athlete to win a Winter Olympic gold medal (2002)

About Yang Yang

born 1975 · 运动员 athlete

Short-track speed skater who won China's first Winter Olympic gold medals, in the 500 m and 1000 m at Salt Lake City in 2002. Called 大杨扬 beside her teammate 小杨阳; later a member of the IOC.

Also called  大杨扬

Examples

HSK 6
杨扬是中国冬奥会首金得主。
Yáng Yáng shì Zhōngguó Dōng'àohuì shǒu jīn dézhǔ.
Yang Yang won China's first-ever Winter Olympic gold.
HSK 7-9
杨扬现在是国际奥委会委员。
Yáng Yáng xiànzài shì Guójì Àowěihuì wěiyuán.
Yang Yang is now an IOC member.

Tips

usage
Her name and her teammate's sound identical: 杨扬 with 扬 'raise', 杨阳 with 阳 'sun'. In competition abroad a letter told them apart: she was first 'L' for large, as the elder, disliked it, and switched to 'A' for August, her birth month.

Stroke Order

杨 yáng
扬 yáng