Sang Yang


Sang Yang is a
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 clinched 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 March 22, 2007, because of an injury.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2003National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England Zheng Bo Lars Paaske
Jonas Rasmussen
6–15, 8–15 Bronze

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2000Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China Zheng Bo Xie Zhongbo
Cao Chen
7–5, 7–5, 2–7, 7–5 Gold

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2000Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China Zhang Yawen Zheng Bo
Wei Yili
7–3, 7–0, 8–6 Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1999National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar Xiao Li15–9, 13–15, 6–15 Silver

Boys' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2000Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan Zheng Bo Lee Jae-jin
Jung Jae-sung
17–16, 11–15, 15–12 Gold
1999National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar Chen Yu Hendri Kurniawan Saputra
Wandri Kurniawan Saputra
15–6, 15–2 Gold

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2000Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan Zhang Yawen Zheng Bo
Wei Yili
Walkover Silver

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2004Korea Open Zheng Bo Alven Yulianto
Luluk Hadiyanto
12–15, 12–15 Runner-up
2003Indonesia Open Zheng Bo Tesana Panvisvas
Pramote Teerawiwatana
16–17, 17–15, 15–5 Winner

IBF International

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2002French International Zheng Bo Cheng Rui
Wang Wei
7–8, 1–7, 3–7 Runner-up

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2002French International Zhao Tingting Zheng Bo
Zhang Yawen
0–7, 4–7, 8–7, 7–3, 6–8 Runner-up