The mainland began to participate in the 13th Winter Olympic Games in 1980, excluding the Beijing Winter Olympics, which participated in a total of ten sessions, from the first few years without a medal, to the most brilliant record of five gold medals (the 21st Vancouver, Canada Winter Olympics), from which we can also see the development of ice and snow sports in the mainland.
In the case that the Internet has not really developed, at that time, many people knew very little about the Winter Olympics, and even did not know that there was a Winter Olympics, but with the development of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, ice and snow also officially entered our vision, those ice and snow athletes who once won glory for the country, some have long retired, hidden behind the scenes, continue to shine, some are still fighting in the front line, incarnating as coaches, and striving to create greater glory, let us see who they are next?
Yang Yang is 46 years old
Yang Yang, born on August 24, 1975 in Tangyuan County, Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province, is a world champion, Olympic champion and former Chinese women's short track speed skater.
He began skating training at the age of 9, entered the national team at the age of 20, and won the gold medal in the women's short track speed skating 500 meters of the Winter Olympics at the age of 22, becoming China's first Winter Olympic champion. In the same year, at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, he won four gold medals in short track speed skating in the 500 meters, 1000 meters, 1500 meters and individual all-around, and created six consecutive championships. Until he retired in 2006 at the age of nearly 31, Yang Yang won a total of 59 world championships, making him the Most Chinese athlete and known as the "Queen of Ice".
As one of the commentators of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Yang Yang has attracted much attention, and at the same time, there are bad voices, but we must not forget the youth and blood that Yang Yang once paid for the country, which deserves our affirmation and praise.
Zhang Hong is 32 years old
Zhang Hong (born April 12, 1988 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province) is a Chinese speed skater.
Zhang Hong began to contact skating at the age of 7, entered the Harbin City team at the age of 12, won the championship all-around bronze medal and all-around silver medal, on February 13, 2014, 25-year-old Zhang Hong won the first speed skating gold medal in the women's 1000 meters final of the Sochi Winter Olympics for China. After Pyeongchang, he announced his retirement.
On February 10, 2015, he officially became the image ambassador of Beijing's bid to host the Winter Olympics. He now holds positions in various organizations, including Chairman of the Coordination Committee of the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon Province and a member of the Athletes Committee of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee.
3. Wang Meng is 37 years old
Wang Meng, born on July 9, 1984 in Qitaihe, Heilongjiang Province, won the women's short track speed skating 500 meters at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin at the age of 22, and the short track speed skating women's 500 meters, 1000 meters and 3000 meters relay at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
In 2008, Wang Meng successively created miracles, becoming the first person in the world in the short track women's 500 meters, creating a "Mao era", which more netizens called "the nightmare of the Korean team".
Previously, on the first day of the short track speed skating competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics on February 5, Wang Meng won 7 hot searches on the day with his humorous commentary full of northeastern flavor, and until now it is still unabated.
4. Zhou Yang is 30 years old
Zhou Yang, born on June 9, 1991 in Changchun, Jilin Province, is a Chinese women's short track speed skating team athlete, currently a member of the Athletes Committee of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee and a member of the International Skating Federation Sports Committee.
At the age of 7, he began to train, becoming the youngest and most hard-working member of the team, and at the age of 15, he was selected for the national team, the first Chinese athlete in the history of the Winter Olympics to defend the title of women's 1500 meters, won 3 short track speed skating gold medals for the Chinese delegation, and won the championship in the short track speed skating 1500m final of the Vancouver Winter Olympics with a 1-7 counterattack.
5. Li Jianrou is 35 years old
Born on August 15, 1986 in Jilin City, Jilin Province. Former Chinese women's short track speed skater and Olympic champion.
At the age of 10, he began to practice skating, entered the national team at the age of 22, was returned at the age of 23, became the winter Olympic champion at the age of 27, and in 2014, the 28-year-old Li Jianrou won the short track speed skating women's 500 meters championship at the Sochi Winter Olympics, becoming the third short track speed skating women's 500 meters Olympic champion after Yang Yang and Wang Mao.
Compared with Dayang Yang and Wang Meng, Li Jianrou's achievements may not be so dazzling, and even often regarded as miracles and luck, but the efforts and dedication and persistence behind them are worthy of recognition by all of us.
6. Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo 43/48 years old
Shen Xue was born on November 13, 1978 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province.
Zhao Hongbo was born on September 22, 1973 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province.
The two are a famous figure skating couple in mainland China, and they are also representative figures of mainland figure skating pair skating. In 1992, the 14-year-old Shen Xue ended his career in women's single skating, and 19-year-old Zhao Hongbo bid farewell to his former partner Xie Maomao, who chose to retire, and the fate created by coach Yao Bin made the two hold hands on ice for the first time, which was 18 years!
2009 Figure Skating Grand Prix Finals Champion, three records, six times to win the championship, 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, the two for China won the first figure skating Olympic gold medal after retiring, perfect love to achieve the perfect career Their efforts are worthy of our recognition, their love is worthy of our praise.
Han Xiaopeng is 38 years old
Han Xiaopeng, born on December 13, 1983 in Pei County, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, is a former Chinese male freestyle skiing aerial skill athlete, an international athlete, and a Chinese ice and snow promotion ambassador.
At the age of 12, he was recruited to Shenyang for freestyle skiing aerial skills training, and at the age of 16, he entered the national team, and at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, 23-year-old Han Xiaopeng won the first Winter Olympic gold medal in snow sports for China and the first freestyle skiing aerial skills Asian first Winter Olympic gold medal.
In addition to his achievements in sports, After retiring from the military, Han Xiaopeng is still constantly improving himself, studying for a master's degree, studying abroad, enthusiastic about public welfare, writing books to promote ice and snow sports, etc., and in 2021, he served as a national anti-fraud publicity ambassador, and in 2021, he served as a public welfare ambassador of the China Wildlife Conservation Association.