Sung Ching-yang (; ; born 18 October 1992) is a Taiwanese inline speed skater and

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who specialises in the sprint distances. In international competitions he competes under the flag of

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. At the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

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, Sung won two gold medals in

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, winning both the 300 metres time trial and the 500 metres sprint. In ice skating Sung participated in the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres and 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1000 metres and has represented

Chinese Taipei at the 2014 Winter Olympics Chinese Taipei competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from the 7 to 23 February 2014. The Chinese Taipei team consisted of three athletes in three sports, including short track speed skating and speed skating for the first time ever. ...

in both events in Sochi. In December 2013 he won a bronze medal at the 1000 metres at the

2013 Winter Universiade The 2013 Winter Universiade, the XXVI Winter Universiade, was a winter multi-sport event which took place in Trentino, Italy between 11 and 21 December 2013. This was the first time that a Winter Universiade happened after the Summer Universiade ...

speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marath ...

. Ching-Yang became the first speed skater to represent his country at the

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(in 2014). In 2017 he was named to

's team at the

2017 Asian Winter Games The 2017 Asian Winter Games ( ja, 2017アジア冬季競技大会, 2017 Ajia tōkikyōgitaikai) was the 8th edition of the Asian Winter Games. They were hosted in Sapporo and Obihiro in Hokkaido, Japan. These Games were originally scheduled for 2 ...

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, Japan.

Personal bests in speed skating

Sungs personal bests on the 500 and 1000 metres in long track speed skating are also national records for Taiwan.Skater business card of Ching-Yang Sung
SpeedSkatingNews.info

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sung, Ching-yang 1992 births Living people Taiwanese male speed skaters Inline speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Taiwan Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in roller sports Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Roller skaters at the 2010 Asian Games Speed skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Universiade medalists in speed skating FISU World University Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade 21st-century Taiwanese people