Yang Wenqin (; born April 30, 1960, in

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) is a retired

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high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er. In 1983 she reached the final of the

1983 World Championships in Athletics The 1st 1983 World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between 7 and 14 August 1983. Summary The overall med ...

, but finished 16th and third to last with only 1.84 metres

On the regional level she took a gold medal at the Asian Championships in 1985; in addition she won bronze medals at the 1978 Asian Games, 1978 and

1982 Asian Games The 9th Asian Games ( hi, 1982 एशियाई खेल) were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India. 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken at the event. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of ...

. Both contests were won by fellow Chinese person

Zheng Dazhen Zheng Dazhen (; born September 22, 1959) is a retired Chinese high jumper. She finished eleventh at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and also won the 1984 Friendship Games. In 1983 she reached the final of the inaugural World Championships in Athletics, ...

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* 1960 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Chinese female high jumpers Olympic athletes for China Athletes from Shanghai Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Athletics Championships winners {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub