Yang Yansheng (; born 5 January 1988) is a

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pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

er. He is the former Chinese record holder for the event both indoors and outdoors with bests of 5.80 and 5.75 metres respectively. Born in Binzhou in China's

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province, Yang won the gold medal at the 2005 World Youth Championships and then took the silver at the

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, finishing behind Liu Feiliang. He stepped up an age category and won at the Asian Junior Athletics Championships before taking the silver medal at the 2006 World Junior Championships. That same year he took silver at the

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behind Japan's

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and the

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at the

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. He won the 2009 national championships with a height of 5.35 metres. He represented his region at the 11th National Games of China and won the bronze medal. A vault of 5.40 m brought him silver at the

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. He then competed at the 2010 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final. He excelled at national level however, winning the national title in August in

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with a Chinese record vault of 5.75 m. This also guaranteed him selection for the Asian Games. He became the pole vault champion at the

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. He also came fifth for Asia at the

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. His best vault of the 2011 season was a clearance of 5.60 m in Hefei. He was the bronze medalist at the

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. He started the following year in better form, taking the title at the

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, then clearing 5.65 m to win his first

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meeting in Shanghai. He was selected for the

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but failed to get past the qualifying stage. He ended his season with a 5.70 m vault to win the national title. At the start of 2013 he set a national indoor record of 5.80 m at the

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in Germany.撑竿跳精英赛杨雁盛摘金薛长锐5.75米A标
. ''China Daily'' (2013-02-24). Retrieved on 2013-07-14. In the outdoor season he placed third at the

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meet. In 2014, he finished ninth at the World Indoor Championship.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Yansheng 1988 births Living people Chinese male pole vaulters Athletes from Shandong People from Binzhou Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for China Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners