Song Yiling

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Song Yiling
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Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (2001-01-28) 28 January 2001 (age 22)
OccupationProfessional climber
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Climbing career
Type of climber Competition speed climbing

Song Yiling (born 28 January 2001) is a Chinese competition climber who specializes in competition speed climbing. [1] She finished second in the speed climbing event at the 2017 and 2018 Asian Climbing Championships. She qualified for the combined event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she finished 12th out of 20 competitors. [2]

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References

  1. "YiLing Song". ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  2. "SONG Yiling". Olympics.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.