Han Mei (; born 27 January 1998) 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. ...

Biography

Han was born in

Hohhot Hohhot,; abbreviated zh, c=呼市, p=Hūshì, labels=no formerly known as Kweisui, is the capital of Inner Mongolia in the north of the People's Republic of China, serving as the region's administrative, economic and cultural center.''The Ne ...

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...

, China in 1998.

Career

At the 2016

Youth Olympic Games The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 15 and 18 years old, organized by the International Olympic Committee. The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consisten ...

Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municip ...

, Han won three silver medals. She competed at the ISU Junior Speed Skating World Cup and won the silver medal in the Women's 1000m category. She competed in the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

in the Women's team pursuit.

References

1998 births Chinese female speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in speed skating Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China People from Hohhot Living people Speed skaters at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Olympic speed skaters for China Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics 21st-century Chinese women 21st-century Chinese people {{PRChina-speed-skating-bio-stub