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Kieran Guan

Australia

SportShort Track
FederationIDSTAUS13112200201
NOCAustralia
Born31 Dec 2002
GenderMen
ResidenceSydney, NSW, AUS
OccupationStudent
Personal Bests
EventRecordDateLocation 
Personal Bests
  Event RecordDateLocation 
    500m 44.476 25 Jan 2019 Montreal  
    1000m 1:33.695 27 Jan 2019 Montreal  
    1500m 2:28.530 05 Oct 2018 Melbourne  
    3000m 5:23.801 07 Oct 2018 Melbourne  
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
Club / TeamSydney Arrows Ice Racing Club: Australia  
General Interest
General Interest
HobbiesWatching YouTube, playing games, reading. (olympics.com.au, 27 Jan 2019)  
Memorable sporting achievementFinishing 36th in the 500m event at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Montreal, QC, Canada. (olympics.com.au, 27 Jan 2019)  
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
Reason for choosing this sportHe likes the "experience and thrill" of competing in the sport.  
General Interest
General Interest
Awards and honoursHe was awarded a New South Wales [NSW] Olympic Council grant in April 2019. (nsw.softball.org, 20 Apr 2018)  
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
Name of coachScott Weeks [club]  
When and where did you begin this sport?He took up short track in 2011 at the Sydney Arrows Ice Racing Club in Sydney, NSW, Australia.  
General Interest
General Interest
Other informationNAMED AFTER SWIMMER
He is named after Australian swimmer Kieran Perkins. "I am named after Kieran Perkins, because my mother saw me swimming in her dreams while she was pregnant with me." (olympics.com.au, 27 Jan 2019)
 
Social Media
Social Media
www.facebook.com/kieran.guan.9?ref=br_rs  
Championships results
Year Competition Event Rank  
Championships results
    2018/2019 World Junior Championships 3000m Relay12  
    2019/2020 World Junior Championships 3000m Relay12  
    2018/2019 World Junior Championships 500m36  
    2018/2019 World Junior Championships 1500m49  
    2019/2020 World Junior Championships 1000m64  
    2018/2019 World Junior Championships 1000m73