Photo: K. "bird" N. / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Yang Fang fascinates me precisely because ice dancing rewards something most sports don't: years of trust with a single partner. Born in frigid Qiqihar in 1984, she paired with Gao Chongbo to claim the Chinese national title in 2001 and again from 2003 to 2005. A best of sixth at the 2004 Four Continents shows she pushed hard against the international ceiling without quite breaking through. What stays with me isn't the placements but the sustained partnership and discipline behind them. That quiet, unflashy persistence is exactly the kind of athletic story I find more moving than medals.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Yang Fang
- Name (Japanese)
- 楊芳
- Reading
- よう・ほう
- Born
- July 3, 1984 (age 42)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rat
- Origin
- Qiqihar, People's Republic of China
- Occupation
- ice dancer
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A5%8A%E8%8A%B3
Frequently asked questions
When was Yang Fang born?
Born July 3, 1984 (age 42).
Where is Yang Fang from?
Yang Fang is from Qiqihar, People's Republic of China.
What does Yang Fang do?
Yang Fang works as ice dancer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.