Li Yan (speed skater)

After the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, she came back to China and became the head coach of Chinese national short track speed skating team.In 1988, when short track speed skating first appeared at the Winter Olympics in Calgary as a demonstration sport, she competed and won the 1000m and finished third in the 500m and 1500m events.In 2006, she signed a four-year contract to coach the Chinese national short track speed skating team.Under her supervision, the talented but temperamental Wang Meng obtained great improvement by breaking the world record of 500m repeatedly.Moreover, a young star in Zhou Yang was fostered and dominated the fields of 1000m and 1500m of women short track speed skating during the time of 2008 to 2010.The Chinese women's team completed an unprecedented sweep of all four short track speed skating events at the Olympics.
Chinese namefamily nameshort track speed skatingOlympic Games1992 Albertville1988 CalgaryAsian Winter Games1990 Sapporo1500 mChinesepinyinspeed skatingWinter OlympicsSlovakiaUnited States2006 Winter Olympic Games2014 Winter Olympic GamesChinese Skating AssociationDalianLiaoningBaoquanlingHeilongjiangWinter Olympics in Calgarydemonstration sportwon the 1000m and finished third in the 500m and 1500m eventsAlbertvillewon the silver medal in the 500m eventCathy TurnerDongbei University of Finance and Economicsinternational finance2002 Winter OlympicsSalt Lake City2006 Winter OlympicsApolo Anton Ohnomen's 500mWang MengZhou Yang2010 Winter Olympics3000m short track relaySouth Korean teamOlympediaYe QiaoboWayback MachineMallon, BillSports Reference LLC