Yang Zeng

{{Short description|Chinese sport shooter (born 1987)}}

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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Suhl|10m RT Mixed}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Suhl|10m RT Womens Team}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Suhl|10m RT Mixed Womens Team}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Granada|10m RT Womens Team}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Granada|10m RT Mixed Womens Team}}

{{MedalGold|2012 Stockholm|10m RT}}

{{MedalGold|2012 Stockholm|10m RT Womens Team}}

{{MedalGold|2012 Stockholm|10m RT Mixed Womens Team}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Munich|10m RT Womens Team}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Munich|10m RT Mixed Womens Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Granada|10m RT Mixed}}

{{MedalSilver|2010 Munich|10m RT Mixed}}

{{Medal|Competition|Asian Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2014 Incheon|{{nowrap|10m Running Target Team}}}}{{cite news |author1=Nick Butler |title=Asian Games: Day seven of competition |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1022849/asian-games-day-seven-of-competition |access-date=18 April 2024 |work=Inside the Games |publisher=Dunsar Media Company |date=26 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414031930/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1022849/asian-games-day-seven-of-competition |archive-date=14 April 2016 |language=en |quote=China have claimed yet another shooting gold medal, in the women's 10m running target team event this time, with a total of 1148 points, an Asian Games record. The Chinese team consisted of Li Xue Yan, Yang Zeng and Su Li.}}

{{Medal|Gold|2010 Guangzhou|{{nowrap|10m Running Target Team}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Doha|10m Running Target Mixed}}{{cite news |author1=Daniel Etchells |title=China win two of four gold medals on last day of Asian Shooting Championships |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1086966/china-two-golds-asian-shooting-champs |access-date=18 April 2024 |work=Inside the Games |publisher=Dunsar Media Company |date=12 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112212557/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1086966/china-two-golds-asian-shooting-champs |archive-date=12 November 2019 |language=en}}

{{MedalGold|2012 Doha|10m Running Target Mixed}}

{{MedalSilver|2012 Doha|10m Running Target}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 Doha|10m Running Target}}

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Yang Zeng (born 2 September 1987) is a Chinese sports shooter who became the World Champion at the 2012 World Running Target Championships in the 10m Running Target event.{{cite web |url=http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHCHNW0209198701 |title = ISSF Athlete Profile |publisher=International Shooting Sports Federation |accessdate=18 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803204837/https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHCHNW0209198701 |archive-date=3 August 2020}} With Li Xue Yan and Su Li, she set a Women's Team World Record in the 10m Running Target Mixed event at the 2010 World Championships.

Career

Zeng's first major international appearance was at the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Munich. She won silver in an all-Chinese podium. She won Gold in both the 10RT and 10RT Mixed Team events, setting a Women's Team World Record in the 10m Running Target Mixed event at the 2010 World Championships.{{cite web |title=World Records Women |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/records/world_records/world_records_women.ashx |publisher=International Shooting Sport Federation |access-date=18 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222100004/https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/records/world_records/world_records_women.ashx |archive-date=22 February 2024 |language=en-US |date=12 February 2024 |url-status=live}}

In November at the Asian Games, she won a silver medal in the Women's 10m Running Target Mixed event.

She won eight Gold medals across the two Women's Team events at the 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016 World Championships.

At the 2012 World Running Target Championships she became World Champion in the 10m Running Target event.

At the 2016 World Running Target Championships she became World Champion in the 10m Running Target Mixed event.{{cite news |author1=Daniel Etchells |title=Ukraine top medal standings at ISSF Running Target World Championship |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1039970/ukraine-top-medal-standings-at-issf-running-target-world-championship |access-date=18 April 2024 |work=Inside the Games |publisher=Dunsar Media Company |date=22 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728113624/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1039970/ukraine-top-medal-standings-at-issf-running-target-world-championship |archive-date=28 July 2016 |language=en}}

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