Yang Chen (Chinese: 杨晨, born 1989 in Tianjin) is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in category T37 sprint events.

Yang Chen
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 100 metres - T37
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 200 metres - T37
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 400 metres - T37
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 4x100m - T35-38
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 4x400m - T35-38
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 4x100m - T35-38
World Para Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Assen 100m T37
Gold medal – first place 2006 Assen 400m T37
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Assen 200m T37
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Assen 4x100m relay T35-38
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Assen 4x400m relay T35-38
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou 4x100m relay T35-38
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou 100m T38
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou 200m T38
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou 400m T38

Biography

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Yang Chen competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. He won a gold medal in the T37 100m and silver medals in the T37 200m, T37 400m and was part of the Chinese relay teams that won silver medals in both the T35-38 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relays. When the Paralympics took place in 2008 in his home country Yang Chen was not quite as busy only competing in the 200m and as part of the 4 × 100 m T35-38 team that won a silver medal.[1]

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