Yang Haoran

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Short description|Chinese sport shooter (born 1996)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Yang Haoran

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| nationality = Chinese

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|2|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Chengde, Hebei, China

| height = 1.78 m

| weight = 68 kg

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| country = China

| sport = Shooting

| event = 10 m air rifle (AR60)
50 m rifle 3 positions (FR3X40)

| club = Hebei Sports

| coach = Cai Yalin

| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalSport|Men's shooting}}

{{MedalCountry|{{CHN}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed 10 metre air rifle team}}

{{MedalBronze|2020 Tokyo|10 m air rifle}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Granada|10 m air rifle }}

{{MedalGold|2014 Granada|10 m air rifle team}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Changwon|10 m air rifle mixed team}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Changwon|10 m team air rifle}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Cairo|{{nowrap|10 m air rifle mixed team}}}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Baku|10 m air rifle team}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Changwon|50 m team rifle 3 positions}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Cairo|{{nowrap|10 metre air rifle team}}}}

{{MedalSilver|2023 Baku|10 m air rifle}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Incheon|10 m air rifle}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Jakarta-Palembang|10 m air rifle}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Jakarta-Palembang|10 m air rifle mixed team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Kuwait City|10 m air rifle}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Kuwait City|10 m air rifle team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Youth Olympic}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Nanjing|10 m air rifle}}

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{{family name hatnote|Yang|lang=Chinese}}

Yang Haoran ({{zh|s=杨皓然|p=Yáng Hàorán}}; born 22 February 1996) is a Chinese sport shooter.{{cite web|title=ISSF Profile – Yang Haoran|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/shooters/shooter.ashx?personissfid=SHCHNM2202199601|publisher=ISSF|access-date=13 August 2015}} He has collected a career tally of fourteen medals (nine golds and five silver) and broke eight world junior records in air rifle shooting at major international competitions, spanning the Youth Olympics, Asian Games, World Championships, and World Cup series. Having pursued the sport since age 12, Yang trained full-time as a member of the Chinese shooting team, at the sports academy in Chengde, under his personal coach and 2000 Olympic champion Cai Yalin.{{cite web|title=Incheon 2014: Yang Haoran|url=http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5106683&lang=en|publisher=Incheon 2014|access-date=13 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140923103717/http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5106683&lang=en|archive-date=23 September 2014|url-status=usurped}}

Yang took part in his first international competition as a 17-year-old at the 2013 ISSF World Cup final meet in Munich, Germany, where he claimed the gold medal in the 10 m air rifle, finishing in first with 205.9 points, ahead of World Champion Niccolo Campriani.{{cite news|first=Marco|last=Dalla Dea|title=17-year old Yang pocketed Air Rifle Men Gold, finishing ahead of World Champ Campriani|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1969|publisher=ISSF|date=9 November 2013|access-date=13 August 2015}}

When China hosted the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, Yang maintained a comfortable lead over the rest of the field to win the gold medal for his team in the boys' 10 m air rifle with a record of 209.3.{{cite news|first=Alessandro|last=Ceschi|title=World number one Yang claims gold at home with 5-point lead|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=2133|publisher=ISSF|date=20 August 2014|access-date=13 August 2015}}{{cite news|title=China's Yang Haoran secures gold medal with dominant shooting display|url=http://www.olympic.org/news/china-s-yang-haoran-secures-gold-medal-with-dominant-shooting-display/236103|publisher=Olympics|date=20 August 2014|access-date=13 August 2015}} Less than a month later, Yang captured his first ever title at the World Championships in Granada, Spain, setting a new junior world record of 632.1 points. Yang's win vaulted him to the top of the world rankings and also granted him one of the six Olympic quota places for Rio 2016.{{cite news|first=Marco|last=Dalla Dea|title=YOG Champion Yang (CHN) wins the first Gold medal and Olympic Quota of Granada|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=2148|publisher=ISSF|date=8 September 2014|access-date=13 August 2015}}{{cite news|title=China top of the shots as 27 nations qualify for Rio 2016 Olympic shooting competition|url=http://www.rio2016.com/en/news/news/china-top-of-the-shots-as-27-nations-qualify-for-rio-2016-olympic-shooting-competition|publisher=Rio 2016|date=20 August 2014|access-date=13 August 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924092000/http://www.rio2016.com/en/news/news/china-top-of-the-shots-as-27-nations-qualify-for-rio-2016-olympic-shooting-competition|url-status=dead}}

On his senior debut at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Yang added another individual gold to his career tally by leading the medal haul for China in the 10 m air rifle with a score of 209.6 points. Yang's win also helped his fellow shooters Cao Yifei and Liu Tianyou deliver a first-place finish over the rest of the field in the team event, finishing with an aggregated tally of 1886.4.{{cite news|title=Feature: Chinese "genius shooter" Yang Haoran, 3 times in one month to win gold|url=http://www.globalpost.com/article/6266283/2014/09/23/feature-chinese-genius-shooter-yang-haoran-3-times-one-month-win-gold|work=Xinhua|publisher=GlobalPost|date=23 September 2014|access-date=13 August 2015}}{{cite news|title=China's teen sensation Yang Haoran leads 10-metre air rifle sweep at Asian Games|url=http://www.thenational.ae/sport/asian-games/chinas-teen-sensation-yang-haoran-leads-10-metre-air-rifle-sweep-at-asian-games|publisher=The National|location=Abu Dhabi|date=23 September 2014|access-date=13 August 2015}}