Gao Tingyu
Chinese speed skater
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| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1997-12-15) 15 December 1997 (age 26) Yichun, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Heilongjiang Province Ice Training Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Chinese | 高亭宇 | ||||||||
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Gao Tingyu (born 15 December 1997) is a Chinese speed skater who is the Olympic record holder and champion in the Men's 500m event.[1] He had served as one of the flag bearers for Team China at both the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic's opening ceremony, and its closing ceremony.[2][3][4]
Career
Gao made his Olympic debut at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics,[5] winning a bronze medal in the Men's 500m speed skating event. In doing so, Gao had become the first male speed skater from China to win a medal in Olympic speed skating.[6][7]
Gao competed in the 500m event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, where he won a gold and also set the new Olympic record with a time of 34.32 seconds, making him the first Chinese man to win a gold medal in Olympic speedskating.[8][9]
References
- ^ "Gao becomes 1st Chinese man to win Olympic speedskating gold". ABC News. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ "Who is China's men's 500m speedskating champion Gao Tingyu?". South China Morning Post. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ "Speed skater Gao and skeleton's Zhao chosen as China's Beijing 2022 flagbearers". www.insidethegames.biz. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ "Gao Tingyu, Xu Mengtao to be flag bearers of Chinese delegation at closing ceremony-Xinhua". www.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "Athlete profile – Gao Tingyu". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ Murakami, Sakura (11 February 2022). "Speed skating-Dubreuil aims to end Canadian drought in men's 500m". Reuters. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ "Olympics - Speed skating - Gao wins China its first men's speed skating gold". nippon.com. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ "Olympics Live: Decision on Russia's Valieva expected Monday". inquirer.com. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ "Emotional Gao hails 'passionate' fans after speedskating gold". South China Morning Post. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
External links
- Gao Tingyu at the International Skating Union
- Gao Tingyu in SpeedSkatingBase.eu (archived)
- Gao Tingyu at SpeedSkatingNews.info
- Gao Tingyu at SpeedSkatingStats.com
- Gao Tingyu at Olympedia
- Gao Tingyu on Instagram
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| Preceded by Zhou Yang | Flagbearer for  China (with Zhao Dan) Beijing 2022 | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Flagbearer for China at the Olympics closing ceremony (with Xu Mengtao) Beijing 2022 | Succeeded by Incumbent |
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- 1924:
Charles Jewtraw (USA) - 1928:
Bernt Evensen (NOR)
1928:
Clas Thunberg (FIN) - 1932: Jack Shea (USA)
- 1936: Ivar Ballangrud (NOR)
- 1948: Finn Helgesen (NOR)
- 1952: Ken Henry (USA)
- 1956:
Yevgeny Grishin (URS) - 1960: Yevgeny Grishin (URS)
- 1964:
Terry McDermott (USA) - 1968:
Erhard Keller (FRG) - 1972:
Erhard Keller (FRG) - 1976: Yevgeny Kulikov (URS)
- 1980: Eric Heiden (USA)
- 1984: Sergey Fokichev (URS)
- 1988:
Uwe-Jens Mey (GDR) - 1992: Uwe-Jens Mey (GER)
- 1994:
Aleksandr Golubev (RUS) - 1998:
Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) - 2002: Casey FitzRandolph (USA)
- 2006: Joey Cheek (USA)
- 2010:
Mo Tae-bum (KOR) - 2014:
Michel Mulder (NED) - 2018: Håvard Lorentzen (NOR)
- 2022:
Gao Tingyu (CHN)
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