复旦大学奇境译坊

Yang Yang became China’s first ever Winter Olympic champion when she won the women’s 500 metres short track speed skating gold medal at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002. She also won a second gold in the 1，000 metres and a silver medal in the 3，000 metres relay. In her Olympic career， she also won a silver medal in the relay at Nagano in 1998 and bronze in the 1，000 metres in Turin in 2006.

[2] In a glittering period of domination of her sport， she also won a remarkable 32 world titles2 in seven years， becoming the first speed skater to win six overall3 short track world titles， which she won consecutively from 1997 to 2002.

[3] Yang Yang’s greatest years were probably 2001 and 2002. She confirmed her dominance in 2001 by winning her fifth consecutive world overall title and during the three days of competition she reached the finals of all five events， taking gold in the 1，000， 1，500 and 3，000 metres individual races and the 3，000 metres relay， plus silver in the 500 metres. In 2002， while her focus was on the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City， she was also the most successful athlete in the World Championships in Montreal， winning one silver and four gold medals.

[4] After the 2003 World Champion-ships， Yang Yang took time off from competition， but came back in the 2004/05 season in the lead-up to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin， where she won the bronze medal in the 1，000 metres race. She retired soon afterwards.

[5] Since her retirement Yang Yang has had distinguished career in sports administration， being appointed a member of the International Olympic Committee in 2010. She has also been a member of the Athletes Commission of the World Anti Doping Agency and was a founding member of the Chinese Athlete Education Foundation. She was appointed Executive Director of the Chinese National Olympic Committee in 2006 and Vice-Chair of the Chinese Youth Federation in 2010. In 2014 she became Chair of the IOC Evaluation Commission for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games. She is a global ambassador for Special Olympics.

楊扬在2002年盐湖城冬奥会上获得女子短道速滑500米比赛的金牌，成为中国第一位冬奥会冠军。同届冬奥会，她又在1000米项目上获得第二块金牌，在3000米接力赛中夺得银牌。在其奥运生涯中，她还在1998年长野冬奥会获得过接力银牌，在2006年都灵冬奥会上获得1000米铜牌。

[2]取得辉煌战绩的杨扬曾一度是短道速滑界的霸主。7年间，她还斩获了32个世界冠军，举世瞩目。其中，从1997年到2002年，她连续六次获得全能冠军，成为第一个享此殊荣的短道速滑运动员。

[3] 2001年和2002年可能是杨扬运动生涯最辉煌的两年。2001年（韩国全州短道速滑世锦赛），杨扬连续第五次获得世界全能冠军，由此巩固了她的霸主地位。在历经3天的比赛中，她进入了全部五个项目的决赛，先后获得女子个人1000米、1500米和3000米单项及3000米接力四项冠军，500米单项获得银牌。2002年，尽管杨扬全力备战美国盐湖城冬奥会，她仍然在蒙特利尔世锦赛中成为战绩最佳的运动员，斩获四枚金牌和一枚银牌。

[4] 2003年世锦赛后，杨扬暂别赛场，但2004/05赛季强势回归，并在之后的2006年都灵冬奥会上取得1000米的铜牌。不久后，杨扬退役。

[5]退役后的杨扬在体育管理事业上取得了杰出成就，于2010年被任命为国际奥委会委员。她还是世界反兴奋剂运动员委员会成员及中国运动员教育基金会的创始者之一。2006年，她出任中国奥委会执行委员;2010年，出任中华全国青年联合会副主席。2014年，她成为国际奥委会2020年冬季青年奥运会评估委员会主席。此外，她还是“国际特殊奥林匹克运动会全球形象大使”。