Yang Sheng-hsiung
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 Republic of China | ||||||||||||
| Born | 1 June 1983 | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 62 kg | ||||||||||||
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Yang Sheng-Hsiung (Chinese: 杨胜雄; pinyin: Yáng Shèngxióng; born June 1, 1983) is a Taiwanese weightlifter.[1] He represented Chinese Taipei at two Olympic games, and had won a silver medal for the featherweight category (62 kg) at the 2009 East Asian Games in Hong Kong, China.[2]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Yang placed ninth in the men's 62-kg class, by lifting a total of 280 kg. He repeated his position for the same category at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, with a snatch of 130 kg, and a clean and jerk of 157 kg, to combine a total of 287 kg.[3]
References
- ↑ "Yang Sheng-Hsiung". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ "DPRK strongman sets new EAG records for 62-kg men's weightlifting title". SINA English. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ "Men's 62kg (137 lbs)". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
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