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Ling Yong
Ling Yong (; born 1978) is a Paralympic athlete from China competing in P54-58 pentathlon events (seated shot put, seated javelin throw, 200m wheelchair sprint, seated discus throw, 1500m wheelchair race). Ling contracted poliomyelitis in his youth. He began competing in wheelchair marathons in 1999. He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th .... There he won a gold medal in the men's Pentathlon – P54-58 event with a world record performance that still stands in January 2013. References External links * Paralympic athletes for China Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for China Living people Chinese pentathletes World record holders in para-athletics 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ling (surname)
Ling is a surname which can be of either Chinese, English, or Nordic origin. Chinese "Ling" is the Roman alphabet spelling of multiple Chinese surnames. Líng () According to traditional stories, the surname pronounced Líng () in Mandarin originated during the Zhou dynasty as an occupational surname for a court official responsible for the storage and handling of ice. King Wu of Zhou's brother had a son who held this post, and Kang Shu's descendants later adopted Líng as their surname. * Ling Cao (, died 203), Eastern Han dynasty military officer serving under the warlords Sun Ce and Sun Quan * Ling Tong (, 189–217), Eastern Han dynasty military officer, son of Ling Cao * Ling Mengchu (凌濛初, 1580–1644), Ming dynasty writer * Ling Shuhua (, 1900–1990), Chinese modernist writer * Ling Yun (politician) (, 1917–2018), first Minister of State Security of the People's Republic of China * Gilbert Ling (, 1919–2019), Chinese-born American biologist * Ling Qing (, 1923–2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Paralympic Athletes For China
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Medalists At The 2004 Summer Paralympics
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1978 Births
Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II. * January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Somoza's government. * January 13 – Former American Vice President Hubert Humphrey, a Democrat, dies of cancer in Waverly, Minnesota, at the age of 66. * January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. * January 22 – Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany ''persona non grata''. * January 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
World Record Holders In Para-athletics
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Chinese Pentathletes
Chinese may refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people identified with China, through nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **Han Chinese, East Asian ethnic group native to China. **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of various ethnicities in contemporary China ** Ethnic minorities in China, people of non-Han Chinese ethnicities in modern China ** Ethnic groups in Chinese history, people of various ethnicities in historical China ** Nationals of the People's Republic of China ** Nationals of the Republic of China ** Overseas Chinese, Chinese people residing outside the territories of mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan * Sinitic languages, the major branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family ** Chinese language, a group of related languages spoken predominantly in China, sharing a written script (Chinese characters in traditional and simplified forms) *** Standard Chines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
