Li Jiajun (; born October 15, 1975 in
Changchun,
Jilin
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) is a former
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short track speed skater
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who has won 5 Olympic medals – two silver and three bronze. He has been a two-time
Overall World Champion for 1999 and 2001.
Biography
In
1998 Winter Olympics
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, he led for much of the way during the final race of the 1000m, but was edged out at the finish-line by Korea's
Kim Dong-Sung
Kim Dong-Sung (Hangul: 김동성, Hanja: 金東聖, born 9 February 1980) is a South Korean former Short track speed skating, short track speed skater. He won a gold medal in 1000m race and silver medal in 5000m relay at the 1998 Winter Olympic ...
, to win a silver medal. He also won a bronze medal in 5000m relay.
He participated in the
2002 Winter Olympics
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at
Salt Lake City
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, making the finals of the 1000 meter short course event but failed to win a medal after being disqualified following a collision with
Apolo Ohno, which caused
Ahn Hyun-Soo
Viktor An (russian: Виктор Ан; born Ahn Hyun-soo ( ko, 안현수) on November 23, 1985),. is a South Korean-born Russian short-track speed skating coach and retired short-track speed skater. With a total of eight Olympic medals, six g ...
and
Mathieu Turcotte to also fall and allowed Australian
Steven Bradbury to claim the gold medal.
During the
opening ceremony of the
2007 Asian Winter Games, Li was given the honour to light the torch. As of August 18, 2006, he officially retired from short track speedskating. According to Li, he went to study in Canada later that year and continued his work as the assistant coach for the national team.
Veteran skaters bid farewell to ice rink
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References
1975 births
Living people
Chinese male speed skaters
Chinese male short track speed skaters
Olympic bronze medalists for China
Olympic short track speed skaters of China
Olympic silver medalists for China
Olympic medalists in short track speed skating
Short track speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Asian Games medalists in short track speed skating
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Asian Games silver medalists for China
Asian Games bronze medalists for China
Short track speed skaters at the 1996 Asian Winter Games
Short track speed skaters at the 1999 Asian Winter Games
Short track speed skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games
Medalists at the 1996 Asian Winter Games
Medalists at the 1999 Asian Winter Games
Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games
Universiade medalists in short track speed skating
Speed skaters from Changchun
Universiade gold medalists for China
Competitors at the 1997 Winter Universiade
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