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Zhou Yang (; ; born 9 June 1991) is a female Chinese
short track speed skater Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive 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 same size as a ...
. She won the gold medal in the 1500 m event at the
2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gret ...
. She also won the Gold Medal in 1500m event at 2014 Sochi Olympics. Zhou added another gold medal on the Chinese 3000 m relay team. She set a new world and Olympic record in the 1,000 m semifinal. She was bestowed the honour of the national flag bearer for China at the
2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...
in PyeongChang, South Korea as China's most decorated active winter Olympian with 3 gold medals from previous Olympics, after Yang Yang and Wang Meng who have retired from the sport.


Early life

Zhou Yang started skating at age eight. A speed skating coach noticed that she had potential in the sport. In the
2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships The 2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 7 and 9 March 2008 in Gangneung, South Korea. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating ...
, Zhou Yang won the gold medal in the women's 3000 meter super final. Zhou was also ranked second overall, following another Chinese skater Wang Meng.


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* * * * 1991 births Living people Chinese female speed skaters Chinese female short track speed skaters Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic short track speed skaters for China Speed skaters from Changchun Short track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in short track speed skating Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in short track speed skating Short track speed skaters at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Short track speed skaters at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Universiade medalists in short track speed skating World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists Universiade silver medalists for China Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade 20th-century Chinese women 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-speed-skating-bio-stub