Yang Chunhong (Chinese: 杨春宏, born 24 August 1987[2]) is a Chinese retired goalball player. He won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.[3]

Yang Chunhong
Personal information
Born (1987-08-24) August 24, 1987 (age 37)
Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County,[1] Yunnan, China
Sport
SportMen's goalball
Medal record
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
Yang Chunhong
Traditional Chinese楊春宏
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Chūnhóng

Yang was from the mountains in Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County, Yunnan province. He was blinded by a doctor's steroid eyedrops which damaged his cornea when he was in the third year of junior high. Although his family won the medical malpractice lawsuit, it did not receive any compensation because the doctor did not have money. The family had to borrow money to pay for his eye surgery.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Chen Peng (9 September 2008). "盲人门球名将杨春宏的父亲祝福儿子北京夺冠". Xinhua (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Yang Chunhong". 2008 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original on 25 September 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Chunhong Yang". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 26 January 2020.