Wu Dajing (born 24 July 1994) is a Chinese short track speed skater.[1] He is a gold medalist in the Men's 500 metres at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. He won a gold medal in the Men's 500m at the 2014 ISU World Championships in Montreal, Canada.
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| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 July 1994 Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Short track speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Jilin Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Li Yan, Kim Sun-tae, Viktor An (Ahn Hyun-soo) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 500m: 39.505 WR (2018) 1000m: 1:23.380 (2017) 1500m: 2:12.926 (2016) 3000m: 4:51.835 (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Chinese | 武大靖 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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He won China's only gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. He won the Men's 500 metres, setting an Olympic record (heat) and two world records (quarterfinal and final) while leading wire-to-wire in all three contests en route to capturing the gold.[2] He became only the second person in history to have skated the discipline in under 40 seconds, after American J. R. Celski who managed the feat in 2012 in Calgary at a much higher elevation where the reduced air density tends to give the skater an advantage due to lowered air resistance. Wu also won a silver medal with his teammates in the men's 5000m team relay.[citation needed]
Wu Dajing was China's flag bearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the 2017 Asian Winter Games.[3]
In 2020, Wu Dajing made a special appearance in the Chinese drama TV series Skate into Love,[citation needed] and was later cast as Yang Gensi in the 2023 film The Volunteers: To the War.
International competition podiums edit
References edit
- ^ "Wu Dajing". sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Wu Dajing dominates the field in the 500m win". nbcolympics.com. 22 February 2018. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "Asian Winter Games opens, China wins 2 medals". www.english.cri.cn/. China Radio International. 19 February 2017. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
External links edit
- Wu Dajing at the International Skating Union
- Wu Dajing at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Wu Dajing's profile Archived 19 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine, from http://www.sochi2014.com Archived 11 April 2013 at archive.today; retrieved 2014-02-14.
