Wang Beixing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Wang Beixing

Chinese speed skater

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1985

Place of Birth: Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Profession: speed skater

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Wang Beixing

  • Wang Beixing (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Wáng Beixing; born 10 March 1985) is a Chinese long track speed skater, specializing in short distances (500 m and 1000 m). Wang first competed in 2003.
  • However, her breakthrough came in the 2004–05 season, winning several times in the World Cup B-group and competing in the A-group.
  • At the World Single Distance Championships she surprisingly won silver.
  • She appeared to be a medal candidate at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
  • However, here she disappointed with a 7th place at the 500 m and a 29th at the 1000 m. In January 2009, she won the World Sprint Championships, the first Chinese woman to do so since Ye Qiaobo in 1993.
  • She won the bronze medal in the 500 m sprint at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. She was formerly coached by retired Canadian Olympic medallist and former world record holder Kevin Overland.

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