Li Jianrou (; ; born 15 August 1986 in

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Short track Speed skater Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice skating, ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the s ...

. She won a gold medal in the 500 m event of the

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. She is the

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/ref> She represented China in the 2014 Winter Olympic's Ladies' 500 m event, 1000 m event and

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event. She competed with China's women's relay team in the Ladies' 3000 m relay Finals and Semifinals.

Career

Li took up the sport at the age of 10 in her hometown,

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. Educated at the Northeast Normal University in

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, she joined the national team in 2007 under the coaching of Li Yan. Li made her debut at the 2010 Speed Skating World Cup for China and in 2011, she was given the Sports Honour medal. In 2014, she finally achieved her ambition of participating in the Sochi Winter Olympics.

International Competition Podiums

References

1986 births Living people Chinese female speed skaters Chinese female short-track speed skaters Olympic short-track speed skaters for China Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic medalists in short-track speed skating Short-track speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Winter World University Games medalists in short-track speed skating Sportspeople from Jilin City Speed skaters from Jilin FISU World University Games silver medalists for China FISU World University Games bronze medalists for China Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade 20th-century Chinese women World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists 21st-century Chinese sportswomen Long stubs with short prose {{PRChina-speed-skating-bio-stub