Yang Wenjun

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games
Sex	Male
Full name	Yang•Wenjun
Used name	Yang•Wenjun
Name order	Oriental
Original name	杨•文军
Born	25 December 1983 in Fengcheng, Jiangxi (CHN)
Measurements	178 cm / 78 kg
Affiliations	Jiangxi Provincial Water Sports Administration Center, (CHN)
NOC	People's Republic of China

Yang Wenjun had the following podium finishes at the Flatwater World Championships: 3rd 2006 C1 500 m, 3rd 2007 C1 500 m.

Games	Discipline (Sport) / Event	NOC / Team	Pos	Medal	As
2004 Summer Olympics	Canoe Sprint (Canoeing)	CHN			Yang Wenjun
	Canoe Doubles (C2), 500 metres, Men (Olympic)	Meng Guanliang	1	Gold
	Canoe Doubles (C2), 1,000 metres, Men (Olympic)	Meng Guanliang	9
2008 Summer Olympics	Canoe Sprint (Canoeing)	CHN			Yang Wenjun
	Canoe Doubles (C2), 500 metres, Men (Olympic)	Meng Guanliang	1	Gold

Records may have been broken subsequently during the same competition.

Games	Date	Sport	Event	Phase	Mark	Pos
2004 Summer Olympics	24 August 2004	Canoe Sprint (Canoeing)	Canoe Doubles (C2), 500 metres, Men	Heat #2	1:38.916	1

Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Canoe Sprint World Championships (0–0–2 2006 Szeged bronze: C1 500 m; 2007 Duisburg bronze: C1 500 m)
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Asian Games (3–1–0 2002 Busan CSP gold: C2 500 m and C2 1000 m; 2006 Doha CSP gold: C1 500 m, silver: C2 500 m)
Listed in Sprint Canoeists Who Successfully Defended Their Olympic Title in the Same Event in Back-to-Back Games (Canadian Doubles, 500 metres, Men: Athina 2004/Beijing 2008)