Yang Chin-yi (; born 15 May 1981) is a Taiwanese

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

. At the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

he participated in the 56 kg category, but did not finish. He competed in

Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics Weightlifting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China were held from August 9 to August 19. Competitions were conducted at the Beihang University Gymnasium. The medal records at the 2008 Games were heavily amended following re- ...

in the 56 kg division representing

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finishing fourth overall with a personal best combined lift of 285 kg. His previous best was 277.5 kg.

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Athlete Biography YANG Chin-Yi
at beijing2008 1981 births Living people Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Taiwan Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1998 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2002 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2014 Asian Games Taiwanese male weightlifters Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games 21st-century Taiwanese people {{Taiwan-weightlifting-bio-stub