Zhang Hong
Zhang Hong
Zhang Hong, born in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province on April 12, 1988, is a Chinese speed skater. 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic champion. He won the National May 1st Labor Medal, the 16th Heilongjiang Youth May 4th medal and the title of Harbin March 8th red flag bearer pacesetter. Chairman of the Coordination Committee of the 2024 JiangYuanDao Winter Olympics and member of the Athletes Committee of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee.
In January 2008, Zhang Hong changed from a short track speed skater to a speed skater. In January 2012, she won the women's short distance all-around champion of speed skating in the 12th National Winter Games; on December 16, she won the second champion of women's 1000m in Harbin World Cup; on December 30, she won the women's 1000m champion of Asian championship. On February 13, 2014, she won the first gold medal in the history of China's speed skating Winter Olympics. On February 1, 2015, he won the annual breakthrough award of the 11th Annual CCTV Sports Awards ceremony; on February 10, he officially became the image ambassador of Beijing's bid for the Winter Olympics; on November 24, he won the 500m champion twice in the speed skating world cup Salt Lake City station competition, and won the gold medal of women's team speed competition with his team members. In January 2016, she won the women's 500m, 1000m and 1500m Championships in the 13th National Winter Games; in February, she won the first time of women's 500m in the world short distance all-around Speed Skating Championships. On February 20, 2017, women's 1000m speed skating in the 8th Asian Winter Games won the bronze medal with 1:15.75.
On February 25, 2018, nominated by Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, Zhang Hong was elected as a member of the Athletes Committee of the International Olympic Committee. On January 6, 2019, Zhang Hong was appointed Executive member of the Chinese Olympic Committee. On October 4, he was elected to the International Olympic Committee. On April 28, 2020, Zhang Hong was awarded the 24th "China Youth May 4th Medal".
Early experience
In 1995, 7-year-old Zhang Hong began to get involved in skating. In 2000, 12-year-old Zhang Hong entered the Harbin team. Zhang Hong's early practice is short track speed skating. In the 10th Winter Games in 2003, Zhang Hong won the sixth place in the single event. Zhang Hong also won the national championship in short track speed skating, but because of her height, she has not been selected into the national team.
Sports career
In January 2008, Zhang Hong participated in the 11th National Winter Games as a short track speed skater. After the 11th National Winter Games, Zhang Hong changed her training to speed skating, and formally changed events..
In 2011, Zhang Hong took the fifth place in the women's 500m and the seventh place in the women's 1000m in the world single speed skating championships.
January 8, 2012, the 12th National Winter Games speed skating women's short distance all-round four games ended, Zhang Hong with 154.145 points won the championship. On January 30, the short distance world championships of speed skating ended in kalga, Canada. Zhang Hong won the bronze medal in the women's 500 meter race in 37.63 seconds, and also in 149.705 seconds. On October 15, Zhang Hong won the first women's 1000m race of the national speed skating league with a score of 1:17.20. On October 20, Zhang Hong won the women's 1000m championship in the second leg of the national speed skating League. On November 19, Zhang Hong won the women's 1000m runner up in the Netherlands leg of the ISU Speed Skating World Cup. On December 15, Zhang Hong won the first runner up of the women's 1000m in 1:17.14 at the speed skating world cup in Harbin. On December 16, Zhang Hong won the second women's 1000m race at the speed skating world cup in Harbin with 1:16.71. On December 30, Zhang Hong won the women's 1000m speed skating championship in the Asian Championships.
On March 9, 2013, in the final of the ISU Speed Skating World Cup, Zhang Hong won the silver medal in the first women's 1000m race.
In January 2014, at the short distance world championships of speed skating held in Nagano, Japan, Zhang Hong skated 38.11 seconds in the first and 38.29 seconds in the second women's 500m race. In the first and second women's 1000m race, Zhang Hong achieved 1:15.17 and 1:15.44 respectively. Finally, after the total score, Zhang Hong won the silver medal of short track speed skating short distance world championships with 151.705 points. On February 13, in the women's 1000m final of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games, Zhang Hong, who took part in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time, skated 1:14.02 to win the championship, beating other athletes
The first gold medal in speed skating in the history of China's Winter Olympic Games
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On October 24, 2015, in the national speed skating championship and the 13th National Winter Games qualification competition, Zhang Hong won the women's 1000m champion with a score of 1:15.96. On November 16, she won the first time in the world's 500 meter speed skating tour. On November 24, Zhang Hong won the 500m champion twice in the Salt Lake City Race of the speed skating world cup, and cooperated with her teammates to win the gold medal of women's team speed race by breaking the world record.
On January 22, 2016, in the speed skating competition of the 13th National Winter Games, Zhang Hong won the 1500 meter champion in 1:55.11. On January 24, Zhang Hong won the women's 500 meter race with a total score of 1:15.17. On January 25, Zhang Hong won her third gold medal in the women's 1000m competition with a score of 1:14.69.. On January 30, Zhang Hong won the women's 500m at the ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Norway in 37.82 seconds. On February 12, Zhang Hong won the silver medal in the first women's 500m race at the ISU speed skating single Distance Championship in kolomna, Russia. On February 13, Zhang Hong won the bronze medal in the second women's 500m race with a time of 75.688 seconds. On February 27, the world speed skating short distance all-around Championships started in Seoul, South Korea, ranking first in the women's 500m and sixth in the women's 1000m. On February 28, Zhang Hong won the fourth place in the women's 500m second competition, and the seventh place in the women's 1000m second competition, and finally the fifth place in the all-round competition.
On February 20, 2017, Zhang Hong won the bronze medal in the women's 1000m speed skating at the 8th Asian Winter Games in 1:15.75. On November 12, Zhang Hong finished 15th in the women's 1000m race of helenfen station in the 2017-18 season Speed Skating World Cup.
On February 14, 2018, she won the 11th place of women's 1000m speed skating in the 2018 Pingchang Winter Olympic Games. On February 18, he won the 15th place in the 500m speed skating competition of Pingchang Winter Olympic Games.
Social service
In November 2017, he was a member of the Athletes Committee of Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee.
On February 25, 2018, he was elected as a member of the Athletes Committee of the International Olympic Committee for a term of eight years.
On January 6, 2019, he will be the executive member of the Chinese Olympic Committee.
On October 4, 2019, it will be selected into the International Olympic Committee to set up the Olympic Games venue Committee.
Ambassador to bid for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
On May 28, 2020, the International Olympic Committee announced that Chinese Winter Olympic champion Zhang Hong was elected chairman of the Coordination Committee of the 2024 JiangYuanDao Winter Olympic Games.
In early January 2021, the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) added the name of Zhang Hong to its board of directors. Zhang Hong now joins the Wada board as the representative of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Career data
Personal best
Olympic Games
social activities
Ambassador's representative
variety show
Award winning record
Character evaluation
Zhang Hong has a mild personality and a good attitude, but he is not very competitive. (comments by coach Feng Qingbo)
From ye Qiaobo, Wang Manli, Yu Jing, Wang Beixing, and Zhang Hong, China's speed skating has been developing, making continuous efforts to realize the dream and create brilliance. There is no doubt that Zhang Hong's Olympic victory is a reward for her efforts in Chinese speed skating. (Sohu sports review)
Zhang Hong has two characteristics, one is active and hard training, the other is excellent congenital conditions. Zhang Hong's physical quality is good, explosive power is strong, and endurance is excellent. So Zhang Hong is very suitable for practicing speed skating. (Sohu sports review)
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