Sport | Speed Skating | |
NOC | China | |
Born | 23 May 1995 in Xinjiang | |
Gender | Men |
Occupation | Athlete | |
Languages | Kazakh, Mandarin | |
Residence | Hebei, CHN |
Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
500m | 37.55 | 31 Aug 2019 | Salt Lake City, UT | |||
1000m | 1:13.53 | 27 Sep 2015 | Calgary | |||
1500m | 1:47.25 | 19 Nov 2017 | Calgary | |||
5000m | 6:32.08 | 17 Nov 2017 | Calgary | |||
10000m | 14:00.23 | 22 Oct 2016 | Urumqi |
Club / Team | Xinjiang: China |
Most influential person in career | His first coach. (Athlete, 20 Nov 2018) |
When and where did you begin this sport? | He took up the sport in 2008 in Tacheng Prefecture, People's Republic of China. |
Sporting philosophy / motto | "Hard work can overcome all difficulties." (Athlete, 13 Nov 2017) |
Reason for choosing this sport | At age 12 he was selected by a sports school speed skating programme. Although he was more interested in wrestling than speed skating, his mother was able to convince him to take up speed skating because she thought wrestling was more dangerous. |
Awards and honours | In 2012 he was named a Master of Sport by the General Administration of Sport of China. (sport.gov.cn, 26 Jun 2012) |
Name of coach | Lee Jae-Sik [club], KOR; Liu Yanfei [club] |
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