Bio

Yang Yung-wei (Chinese: 楊勇緯; pinyin: Yáng Yǔngwěi; born 28 September 1997) is a Taiwanese judoka. In 2018, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. He is the current silver Olympic medalist in the Extra Lightweight event. In 2017, he competed at the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan. At the 2019 Asian-Pacific Judo Championships held in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, he won the silver medal in the men's 60 kg event. In that same year, he also competed in the men's 60 kg event at the 2019 World Judo Championships held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2020, he won the silver medal in the men's 60 kg event at the 2020 Judo Grand Slam Düsseldorf held in Düsseldorf, Germany. In 2021, he won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar. A few months later, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey.