Pedro Yang
 Pedro Yang at the Pan American Games in Rio 2007 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pedro Alejandro Yang Ruiz |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Guatemala |
| Sport | Badminton |
| Handedness | Right |
| Men's singles & doubles | |
| Highest ranking | 134[1] (27 October 2011) |
Medal record | |
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Pedro Alejandro Yang Ruiz is a retired male badminton player from Guatemala.
Biography
Yang played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Jim Ronny Andersen of Norway.
Yang has won a gold medal at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador and bronze medals at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Pedro Yang was appointed to the International Olympic Committee Athletes Commission from 2008 to 2016, Radio & TV Commission 2008–2013, and Athletes Entourage Commission from 2014.
Pedro Yang was appointed to the World Baseball Softball Confederation's Ethics Commission from 2016 to 2018 and served in the Badminton World Federation Athletes Commission from 2001 to 2016.
Pedro Yang is today a member of the ‘Champions for Peace’ club, a group of elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization.
Degrees
- BA with Honours in Business Administration (Strategy & Management, De Montfort University, UK/ Niels Brock College DK.
- Marketing Management Degree, Niels Brock College Copenhagen, DK.
References
- ↑ "Pedro YANG Ranking History". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- Living people
- 1976 births
- Sportspeople from Guatemala City
- Alumni of De Montfort University
- Guatemalan male badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players for Guatemala
- Badminton players at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Badminton players at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Badminton players at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Badminton players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Badminton players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Guatemala
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Guatemala
- Pan American Games silver medalists in badminton
- Pan American Games bronze medalists in badminton
- Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Guatemala
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Guatemala
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Guatemala
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Guatemalan sportspeople stubs
- North American badminton biography stubs