Wang Beixing

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.
Wang Beixing
Wang in 2007
Personal information
Born (1985-03-10) 10 March 1985 (age 39)
Heilongjiang
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Moscow Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2005 Inzell 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2007 Salt Lake City 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2008 Nagano 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2009 Vancouver 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2013 Sochi 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Inzell 500 m
Asian Winter Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Changchun 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Changchun 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2007 Changchun 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Astana-Almaty 500 m
Updated on 11 February 2014

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. 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 won silver. She appeared to be a medal candidate at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She got a 7th place in the 500 m and a 29th in 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.[1]

  1. ^ Brown, Josh (February 10, 2010). "Kitchener coach aims to extend South Korea's speed skating medal streak". Waterloo Region Record. Retrieved February 11, 2010.