Ling Yong

Ling Yong (凌勇; 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). Ling suffered from poliomyelitis in his youth. He began competing in wheelchair marathons in 1999. 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. rdf:langString