Sang Yang


Sang Yang is a retired Chinese badminton player and former Olympian from Zhejiang.

Career

Sang started representing China in the junior tournament, and at the 1998 and 2000 Asian Junior Championships, he helped the boys' team clinch the gold medal. He won the individual medals captured the boys' doubles gold and boys' singles silver in 1999, and also boys' doubles gold and mixed doubles silver in 2000. At the 2000 World Junior Championships, he won three gold medals in the boys' doubles, mixed doubles and team event.
Sang won the 2003 Indonesia Open in the men's doubles with partner Zheng Bo. In 2004 they defeated Denmark's Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard in the Thomas Cup final to clinch the deciding third point for the Chinese team.
Sang competed for China in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics also in men's doubles with Zheng Bo. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Chan Chong Ming and Chew Choon Eng of Malaysia in the second. In the quarterfinals, Sang and Zheng lost 7–15, 11–15 to Korea's Kim Dong-moon and Ha Tae-kwon who went on to win the gold medal.
Sang retired on 22 March 2007, because of an injury.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2003National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2000Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1999National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2003Indonesia Open

IBF International

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2002French International