Yang Wenqin is a retired Chinese high jump

High jump

The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

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In 1983 she reached the final of the 1983 World Championships in Athletics

1983 World Championships in Athletics

The inaugural World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between August 7 and August 14, 1983....

, but finished 16th and third to last with only 1.84 metres. http://www.iaaf.org/WCH05/history/Year=1983/EventCode=3/gender=W/discipline=HJ/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/index.html

On the regional level she took a gold medal at the Asian Championships in 1985; in addition she won bronze medals at the 1978

1978 Asian Games

The 8th Asian Games were held from December 9, 1978 to December 20, 1978 in Bangkok, Thailand. Originally, the host city was Singapore but Singapore dropped its plan to host the Games due to financial problems. And then Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan was decided to host the 8th Games...

 and 1982 Asian Games

1982 Asian Games

The 9th Asian Games were held from November 19, 1982 to December 4, 1982 in Delhi, India.An incredible 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of the Olympic Council of Asia.-Sports:...

. Both contests were won by fellow Chinese person Zheng Dazhen

Zheng Dazhen

Zheng Dazhen is a retired Chinese high jumper.She finished eleventh at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and also won the 1980 Friendship Games. In 1983 she reached the final of the inaugural World Championships in Athletics, but finished 18th and last with only 1.80 metres...

. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asg.htm

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