Wang Beixing

Wang Beixing

Wang in 2007
Personal information
Born	(1985-03-10) 10 March 1985 (age 32) Heilongjiang
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Medal record Women's speed skating Representing  China Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver 500 m World Championships 2009 Moscow Sprint 2005 Inzell 500 m 2007 Salt Lake City 500 m 2008 Nagano 500 m 2009 Vancouver 500 m 2013 Sochi 500 m 2011 Inzell 500 m Asian Winter Games 2007 Changchun 500 m 2007 Changchun 1000 m 2007 Changchun 100 m 2011 Astana-Almaty 500 m

Wang Beixing (Chinese: 王北星; pinyin: Wáng Běixīng; born 10 March 1985) is a Chinese long track speed skater, specializing in short distances (500 m and 1000 m).

Wang first competed in 2003. However, her breakthrough came in the 2004–05 season, winning several times in the World Cup B-group and competing in the A-group. At the World Single Distance Championships she surprisingly won silver. She appeared to be a medal candidate at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. However, here she disappointed with a 7th place at the 500 m and a 29th at the 1000 m.

In January 2009, she won the World Sprint Championships, the first Chinese woman to do so since Ye Qiaobo in 1993. She won the bronze medal in the 500 m sprint at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

She was formerly coached by retired Canadian Olympic medallist and former world record holder Kevin Overland.

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