Yvette Hui Hua Yong (born 9 March 1990 in Vancouver)[1] is a Canadian taekwondo practitioner.[2][3]
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's taekwondo | ||
Representing  Canada
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| World Taekwondo Championships | ||
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2009 Copenhagen | 46 kg |
Career
editShe is a former World Championships bronze medallist.[4][permanent dead link] In 2015, she was named to Canada's team at the 2015 Pan American Games to be held in Toronto.[5]
Yong competed at the 2019 Pan American Games losing in the quarter-finals.
In July 2021, Yong was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team.[6][7] At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she placed joint eleventh in the women's <49kg division.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Olympedia – Yvette Yong". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ "YONG, Yvette". Taekwondodata.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14.
- ^ "Taekwondo - YONG Yvette". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "Elite-level Taekwondo champion sets her sights on the Olympics". Navy-marine.forces.gc.ca.[dead link]
- ^ Hossain, Asif (22 May 2015). "Taekwondo names team to fight for Pan Am gold". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ Nichols, Paula; Chloe, Morrison (2 July 2021). "Team Canada to have two taekwondo athletes at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (3 July 2021). "Canada sending two taekwondo players to Tokyo 2020 Olympics as Yong receives reallocated place". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
External links
edit- Yvette Yong at TaekwondoData.com
- Yvette Yong at Olympedia
- Yvette Yong at Team Canada
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