Gao Tingyu (born 15 December 1997) is a Chinese

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

who is the Olympic record holder and champion in the Men's 500m event. He had served as one of the flag bearers for Team China at both the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic's opening ceremony, and its closing ceremony.

Career

Gao made his Olympic debut at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the Men's 500m speed skating event. In doing so, Gao had become the first male speed skater from China to win a medal in Olympic speed skating. Gao competed in the 500m event at the

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

, where he won a gold and also set the new Olympic record with a time of 34.32 seconds, making him the first Chinese man to win a gold medal in Olympic speedskating.

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* * * 1997 births Living people Chinese male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of China Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in speed skating Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic bronze medalists for China Speed skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in speed skating Asian Games gold medalists for China People from Yichun, Heilongjiang World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists 21st-century Chinese people {{PRChina-speed-skating-bio-stub