C.K. Yang
Biography
C.K. Yang was a Taiwanese decathlete and Olympic medalist who later appeared in films. Born in 1933 in Taitō Prefecture, he attended UCLA and trained under coach Elvin C. Drake with teammate Rafer Johnson. Yang won decathlon gold at the 1954 and 1958 Asian Games, placed eighth at the 1956 Olympics, and earned silver at the 1960 Rome Olympics after a close duel with Johnson. In 1963 he set an indoor world record in the pole vault and then broke the decathlon world record, becoming the first man to surpass 9,000 points under the old tables. He finished fifth at the 1964 Olympics. He also acted in Walk, Don't Run (1966) and There Was a Crooked Man... (1970), where he played a tough, silent inmate named Ah-Ping.
73years old at death
- Born Taitō Prefecture
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Maysang Kalimud and Misun
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 5 years1966 to 1971
Every film, newest first
- 1971One More Train to RobIMDb rating 5.7
- 1970There Was a Crooked Man...IMDb rating 6.8
- 1966Walk Don't RunIMDb rating 6.6
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A first
Yang Chuan-kwang made history for his country by becoming its first Olympic medallist, a feat no athlete from his nation had achieved before.
A first
Under the old scoring scale, Yang Chuan-kwang was the first to break the 9,000 barrier. When the new tables were re-evaluated, that same score became the first past 8,000 points.
A first
Yang Chuan-kwang set a world indoor pole vault record in Portland in 1963, one day after David Tork set the mark in Toronto, and his record lasted only a week.
A change of course
In the 1940s, Yang Chuan-kwang played baseball at the Taitung Agricultural School. Chen Keng-yuan, who had played for the Kano baseball team, was his coach there.
Early training
Yang went to college at UCLA. There he trained and competed alongside Rafer Johnson, an Olympian and teammate, and Elvin C. Drake was his coach.
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Worked with
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Films together
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