Hongbo Zhao

Zhao Hongbo
Shen and Zhao in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Zhao Hongbo
Country represented	China
Born	(1973-09-22) September 22, 1973 (age 43) Harbin, Heilongjiang
Home town	Harbin
Residence	Shenzhen, Guangdong
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Partner	Shen Xue
Former partner	Xie Maomao
Coach	Yao Bin
Former coach	Sun Zhiping Sun Yu Q. Wang
Choreographer	Lori Nichol
Former choreographer	Sandra Bezic Lea Ann Miller Michael Seibert
Skating club	Harbin Skating Club
Retired	February 17, 2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	216.57 2010 Winter Olympics
Short program	76.66 2010 Winter Olympics
Free skate	139.91 2010 Winter Olympics
Medal record Representing  China Pairs' Figure skating Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Pairs 2006 Turin Pairs 2002 Salt Lake City Pairs World Championships 2007 Tokyo Pairs 2004 Dortmund Pairs 2003 Washington D.C. Pairs 2002 Nagano Pairs 2001 Vancouver Pairs 2000 Nice Pairs 1999 Helsinki Pairs Four Continents Championships 2007 Colorado Springs Pairs 2003 Beijing Pairs 2001 Salt Lake City Pairs 1999 Halifax Pairs Grand Prix Final 2009–2010 Tokyo Pairs 2006–2007 St. Petersburg Pairs 2004–2005 Beijing Pairs 2003–2004 Colorado Springs Pairs 2002–2003 St. Petersburg Pairs 2001–2002 Kitchener Pairs 2000–2001 Tokyo Pairs 1999–2000 Lyon Pairs 1998–1999 St. Petersburg Pairs Asian Winter Games 2007 Changchun Pairs 2003 Aomori Pairs 1999 Gangwon Pairs 1996 Harbin Pairs

Olympic medal record
Representing  China
Pair's Figure skating
	2010 Vancouver	Pairs
	2006 Turin	Pairs
	2002 Salt Lake City	Pairs

Zhao Hongbo (simplified Chinese: 赵宏博; traditional Chinese: 趙宏博; pinyin: Zhào Hóngbó; born September 22, 1973) is a male Chinese pair skater. With his partner and wife Shen Xue, Zhao is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2002 & 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, a three-time (2002, 2003 & 2007) World champion, a three-time (1999, 2003 & 2007) Four Continents Champion and a six-time (1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006 & 2009) Grand Prix Final champion.

Shen and Zhao were the first Chinese pair team to win a medal at an International Skating Union event and at the World Figure Skating Championships. In 2002, they became the first Chinese pair skating team to win a World Championship. They are also the first Chinese pair skaters to win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games. In 2010, they were the first Chinese skaters to win the gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games in any figure skating category, ending almost half a century of Russian and Soviet pair skating dominance.

Zhao was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang and is of Manchurian ethnicity. Shen and Zhao announced their engagement after the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships. They were married shortly after.