Yang Wenlu
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| Born | January 13, 1991 Juye County, China | ||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 楊文璐 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 杨文璐 | ||||||||
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Yang Wenlu (Chinese: 杨文璐; born 13 January 1991) is a Chinese boxer. She won gold at the 2016 World Championships and the 2022 Asian Games.
Early life and education
[edit]Yang was born 13 January 1991. She attended the Ocean University of China, then in 2019, pursued a master's degree from the Shanghai University of Sport.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]Yang began her career in 2015 competing in the 64 kg category. Her first year, she won gold at the Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Ulanqab and came in third at the Strandja Memorial in Sofia. The following year, she placed first at the Strandja Memorial and the World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.[1]
In 2017, Yang switched to the Lightweight category and came in fifth at the Asian Championships in Ho Chi Minh City.[1] The following year, she came in fifth at both the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta[2] and the Asian Championships in Bangkok, though she took first at the 2019 Asian Championships.[1]
Yang did not participate in major competitions again until 2023. That year, she came in third at the World Championships in New Delhi, second at the Standja Memorial, and first at the Asian Games in Hangzhou.[1][2][3][4]
Honors
[edit]The General Administration of Sport of China named Yang an Elite Athlete of National Class in 2011, then an Elite Athlete of International Class in 2016.[1]
In 2022, the Sichuan Province Women's Federation named her a March 8th Red Flag Bearer.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Boxing YANG Wenlu". 19th Asian Games. Archived from the original on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- 1 2 "Chinese veteran boxers clinch maiden Asiad golds". People's Daily Online. 5 October 2023. Archived from the original on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- ↑ "Yang and Tanglatihan delighted the Chinese boxing fans at the Elorda Cup on Day4". ASBCNEWS. 1 July 2023. Archived from the original on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- ↑ "China's boxers secure another two Olympic berths at Hangzhou Asiad". English.news.cn. 2 October 2023. Archived from the original on 7 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
External links
[edit]- Boxing record for Yang Wenlu from BoxRec (registration required)
- Yang Wenlu at InterSportStats
- Yang Wenlu at Olympedia
- Yang Wenlu at Olympics.com
- Yang Wenlu at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)
- Yang Wenlu at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games
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- Living people
- People from Juye County
- Chinese women boxers
- 1991 births
- Asian Games gold medalists in boxing
- Boxers at the 2018 Asian Games
- Boxers at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Boxers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers for China
- 21st-century Chinese sportswomen
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for China
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Martial artists from Shandong