Yang Wei (gymnast)

Infobox Gymnast
gymnastname= Yang Wei


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fullname= Yang Wei
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birthdate= birth date and age|1980|2|8
birthplace= Xiantao, Hubei
hometown=Wuhan, Hubei
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height= convert|157|cm|ftin
discipline= MAG
level= Senior
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club= China National School
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headcoach= Yubin Huang
assistcoach= Wang Guo Qin
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Yang Wei (zh-s|杨威, zh-p|Yáng Wēi, born February 8, 1980 in Xiantao) is a male
gymnast from China.

Background

Yang Wei won the silver medal in the individual all-around competition and won the gold in the team event at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

In 2003, he again won the gold in the team event and silver in the all-around competition at the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim.

At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, his world championship winning team finished fifth after many of them fell. The Chinese team redeemed itself by taking gold in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, beating out Japan and the United States.

Yang returned to form at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Aarhus, by winning gold in the team event, individual all-around and parallel bars competitions. He also won gold medal in the team event, individual all-around, rings and parallel bars competitions at the 2006 Asian Games.

He successfully defended his team and all-around titles at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, and won the all-around and rings at the Chinese National Championships in 2007 and 2008. [http://gymnastics.about.com/od/athletestowatch/p/YangWei.htm] .

Yang Wei won two gold medals at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. His first came in the team event on August 11th and the second in the individual all around on August 13th. [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GA/C73G/GAM024101.shtml#GAM024101] .

Yang Wei is best known for his impressive difficulty scores across the six events. [http://gymnastics.about.com/od/athletestowatch/p/YangWei.htm]

Personal life

Yang Wei has a long-time relationship with former gymnast, Yang Yun, who is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist (in team and uneven bars) for China, and now a CCTV reporter. In June of 2006, Yang Wei asked Yang Yun to a news conference, which turned out to be a ploy for him to surprise her with a proposal. In his training for the Beijing Olympic Games, the two had very few chances to be together, and keep in touch through text messaging. [http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_487674f50100b18r.html] ] After his Olympic gold in the All-Around in Beijing on Thursday, Yang Wei faced the camera and mouthed the words, "I love you," to his fiancee. Yang Yun, who was watching said victory on television, shouted "I love you, too!" back to the screen.Yang Wei: "Gold Medal for my Love!" [http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-60417 ] ]

The two plan to get married after the Beijing Olympics, receiving a professional okay from Yang Wei's coach. [http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK29138120080814 Coach gives Yang permission to be married] ]

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