Yong Ling (athlete)

Ling Yong (born 1978) is a Paralympic athlete from China competing in P54-58 pentathlon events (seated shot put, seated javelin throw, 200m wheelchair sprint, seated discus throw, 1500m wheelchair race).

He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There he won a gold medal in the men's Pentathlon - P54-58 event with a world record performance that still stands in January 2013.

Famous quotes containing the words yong and/or ling:

    Hail, comly and clene,
    Hail, yong child!
    Hail, maker, as I meene,
    Of a maden so milde!
    —Unknown. The Second Shepherd’s Play (l. 6–8)

    As Ah Ling would say, “Even though the eyes may see, the mind will not believe.”
    Joseph O’Donnell, and Clifford Sanforth. Arthur Perry (Bela Lugosi)