Zhou Yang (speed skater) explained
Zhou Yang |
Sport: | Short Track Speed Skating |
Birth Date: | 9 June 1991 |
Birth Place: | Changchun, Jilin |
Weight: | 57kg (126lb) |
Pb: | 500m: 43.992 (2010) 1000m: 1:29.049 (2010) 1500m: 2:16.729 (2008, WR) 3000m: 4:58.955 (2009) |
Titles: | No |
Zhou Yang (; ; born 9 June 1991)[1] is a female Chinese short track speed skater. She won the gold medal in the 1500 m event at the 2010 Winter Olympics. She also won the gold medal in 1500m event at 2014 Sochi Olympics.[2] Zhou added another gold medal on the Chinese 3000 m relay team. She set a new world and Olympic record in the 1,000 m semifinal. She was bestowed the honour of the national flag bearer for China at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea [3] as China's most decorated active winter Olympian with 3 gold medals from previous Olympics, after Yang Yang and Wang Meng who have retired from the sport.
Early life
Zhou Yang started skating at age eight. A speed skating coach noticed that she had potential in the sport.[4]
In the 2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Zhou Yang won the gold medal in the women's 3000 meter super final. Zhou was also ranked second overall, following another Chinese skater Wang Meng.
Notes and References
- Web site: Official Website of the Chinese Olympic Committee . Data.star.sports.cn . 9 June 1991 . 21 August 2010 . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202738/http://data.star.sports.cn/person_en.php?id=974 . dead .
- Web site: Zhou Yang retains women's 1000m short track title at Sochi. IANS. news.biharprabha.com. 15 February 2014. 23 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160623154724/http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/02/zhou-yang-retains-womens-1000m-short-track-title-at-sochi/. live.
- Web site: Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 . . 9 February 2018 . olympic.org . International Olympic Committee (IOC) . 21 February 2018 . 28 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180228001620/https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Games/Winter-Games/Games-PyeongChang-2018-Winter-Olympic-Games/Ceremonies/PyeongChang-2018-Opening-Ceremony-Flagbearers.pdf#_ga=2.141341425.2132925313.1518270684-1570468165.1518270684 . live .
- Web site: Yang Zhou – Short Track Athletes . Vancouver2010.com . . 10 February 2010 . 21 August 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100408203913/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/athletes/yang-zhou_ath1016625Sr.html . April 8, 2010 .