Yang Tae-young

Yang Tae-Young
Country represented South Korea
Born (1980-07-08) July 8, 1980 (age 44)
Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Retiredyes
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Men's gymnastics
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens All-around
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Asian Games Team

Yang Tae-Young (Korean: 양태영, born July 8, 1980) is a South Korean 2004 Olympic medalist in artistic gymnastics.[1]

Yang was born in Seoul, and made his World Gymnastics Championships debut in 2001, competing with the eighth-place South Korean team in Ghent. He also participated in the 2003 Worlds in Anaheim, where he helped the Korean squad qualify a full team to the 2004 Olympics with a twelfth-place finish. Yang also competed in the all-around final in Anaheim, placing twelfth. At the 2004 Olympics, Yang contributed to the Korean team's fourth-place finish, placed tenth on high bar, and won a bronze medal in the all-around. He won a bronze medal at the team event in the 2006 Asian Games.

  1. ^ "금메달 유력한 태극전사". Chosun Ilbo. Aug 6, 2008. Retrieved Jul 2, 2012.