On December 18, Beijing time, Chinese figure skater Guan Yingshan was nominated as the candidate for the U.S. ambassador to Belize. Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official language. The 41-year-old Guan Yingshan has achieved a gorgeous turn from athlete to politician.
Born in Los Angeles in 1980, Kwan is a standard Chinese native of Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, where her father Guan Huitang and mother, Kwan, emigrated to the United States from Hong Kong, China, in the early years.
Kwan ying shan is also known as Michelle Kwan, and her language learning, like her name, is quite complicated. In addition to English, she speaks simple Mandarin, speaks Cantonese, and has been influenced by multiple languages since childhood.
Guan Yingshan has shown an outstanding talent for figure skating since she was a child, and at the same time, her beautiful oriental face has also captured a large number of American fans.
In addition to world-class difficulty, Guan Yingshan's artistic expression is the world's top. Throughout her athlete career, Guan Yingshan has won 43 world championships, an achievement unprecedented in the field of figure skating. In addition, she has won the World Championships five times and won the National Championship nine times.
It is a little regrettable that Guan Yingshan has never won the Olympic championship, and two Olympic medals are also a major regret in her career. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Kwan Ying-san, who was considered the biggest favorite to win gold, lost to compatriot Lipinsky. At that Winter Olympics, Standing on the podium with Guan Yingshan was China's famous player Chen Lu.
After retiring from the military, Guan Yingshan was successively inducted into the American Figure Skating Hall of Fame and the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. She has also endorsed many brands and appeared on many TV shows.
On November 9, 2006, Kwan was appointed Public Diplomacy Ambassador by then U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. In 2007, Guan Yingshan visited China as a public diplomacy ambassador.
Emotionally, Kwan once married Pelle, who was 3 years older than her, in 2013. Pell graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree and a Ph.D. from Georgetown University, where he spoke fluent Chinese, Spanish and Arabic, and he also served as head of strategic planning for national security affairs in the White House.
Unfortunately, the marriage lasted only four years, and in March 2017, the two announced their divorce. Kwan, who has returned to singlehood, is still active in television and politics.
Today, guan Yingshan, who is only 41 years old, has become the U.S. ambassador to foreign countries, which is not easy.