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In this Chinese name, the family nameis Gao.
Gao Tingyu
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1997-12-15) 15 December 1997 (age 26)
Yichun, China
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
CountryChina
Event500 m
ClubHeilongjiang Province Ice Training Centre

Medal record

Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang 500 m
World Single Distances Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Salt Lake City Team sprint
Asian Winter Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sapporo 500 m
Gao Tingyu
Chinese高亭宇

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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ "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.

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    Olympic Games
    Preceded by

    Zhou Yang

    		 Flagbearer for  China
    (with Zhao Dan)
    Beijing 2022     		Succeeded by

    Incumbent

    Preceded by

    Wu Dajing

    		 Flagbearer for  China
    at the Olympics closing ceremony
    (with Xu Mengtao)
    Beijing 2022     		Succeeded by

    Incumbent


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