# Yang Hengyu

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{{Short description|Chinese fencer (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Yang Hengyu
| full_name = Yang Hengyu
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|7|22|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/fencing/athlete-profile-n1394001-yang-hengyu.htm |title=Fencing: YANG Hengyu |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games](/source/Tokyo_Organising_Committee_of_the_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Games) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731224428/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/fencing/athlete-profile-n1394001-yang-hengyu.htm |archive-date=31 July 2021}}</ref>
| nationality = Chinese
| rank = 27
| coach = Zhang Aimin, Frederic Baylac
| medaltemplates  = <!-- see Template:MedalRelatedTemplates -->
{{MedalSport|Women's [sabre](/source/Sabre_(fencing))}}
{{MedalCountry|{{CHN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition| [Asian Games](/source/Asian_Games) }}
{{Medal|Silver|[2018 Jakarta](/source/Fencing_at_the_2018_Asian_Games) | [Team](/source/Fencing_at_the_2018_Asian_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_team_sabre) }}
{{Medal|Bronze|[2022 Hangzhou](/source/Fencing_at_the_2022_Asian_Games)  | [Team](/source/Fencing_at_the_2022_Asian_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_team_sabre)}}
{{Medal|Competition| [Asian Fencing Championships](/source/Asian_Fencing_Championships) }}
{{Medal|Gold| [2024 Kuwait City](/source/2024_Asian_Fencing_Championships) | Team}}
}}

'''Yang Hengyu''' (born 22 July 1996) is a Chinese fencer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=YANG Hengyu |url=http://fie.org/athletes/34904 |access-date=12 December 2021 |website=FIE.org |publisher=[International Fencing Federation](/source/International_Fencing_Federation)}}</ref>

Hengyu began fencing her third year of primary school. She is right-handed, and a [sabreuse](/source/sabreuse).

== 2020 Tokyo Olympics ==
She was one of 406 Chinese athletes chosen to compete in the [2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) She finished 16th in the Women's Sabre Individual event after being defeated by [Sofia Pozdniakova](/source/Sofia_Pozdniakova) 7th competing as part of the Women's Sabre Team.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hengyu YANG |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/hengyu-yang |access-date=12 December 2021 |website=Olympics.com |publisher=[International Olympic Committee](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fencing: YANG Hengyu |url=https://en.sports.nhk.or.jp//olympic/athletes/yang-hengyu-1394001/ |access-date=12 December 2021 |website=en.sports.nhk.or.jp |publisher=[NHK](/source/NHK) |archive-date=12 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212123552/https://en.sports.nhk.or.jp//olympic/athletes/yang-hengyu-1394001/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{FIE}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|hengyu-yang}}
* [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/hengyu-yang_1908651 Yang Hengyu] at the [Paris 2024 Summer Olympics](/source/Paris_2024_Summer_Olympics)

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Category:Living people
Category:Chinese female sabre fencers
Category:Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 2018 Asian Games
Category:Fencers at the 2022 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for China
Category:Asian Games silver medalists for China
Category:Asian Games silver medalists in fencing
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in fencing
Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
Category:Olympic fencers for China
Category:21st-century Chinese sportswomen
Category:1996 births
Category:Fencers at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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