Pedro Yang
Pedro Alejandro Yang Ruiz (born October 9, 1976) is a retired male badminton player from Guatemala.
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 Pedro Yang at the Pan American Games in Rio 2007 | |
| Personal information | |
| Birth name | Pedro Alejandro Yang Ruiz |
| Country |  Guatemala |
| Born | October 9, 1976 Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Handedness | Right |
| Men's singles & doubles | |
| Highest ranking | 134[1] (27 October 2011) |
Medal record
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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.
He moved to Denmark at the age of 24 and started training at the International Badminton Academy (IBA). 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 2008–2016, 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–present 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 54 famous 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.