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Beixing WANG

China

Gender: Female
Nationality: China

Birthday: 10 March 1985
Age: 29

Height: 1.74 m (5' 9'')
Weight: 66 kg / 146 lbs

Place of Birth: China, HEILONGJIANG
Place of Residence: -

Speed Skating

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Athlete competitions and results

11 February, 16:45 Ladies' 500 m Race 1 of 2
Beixing WANG
Time: 37.82 (+0.40)
Rank: 6

11 February, 18:34 Ladies' 500 m Race 2 of 2
Beixing WANG
Time: 75.68 (+0.98)
Rank: 7

13 February, 18:00 Ladies' 1000 m
Beixing WANG
Time: 1:16.59 (+2.57)
Rank: 14

Additional Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Olympic Winter Games
3	2 x 500 m	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN	76.63
7	2 x 500 m	2006	Torino, ITA	77.27
24	1000 m	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN	1:18.30
29	1000 m	2006	Torino, ITA	1:19.03
World Single Distances Championships
2	2 x 500 m	2013	Sochi, RUS	76.03
2	2 x 500 m	2009	Richmond, BC, CAN	75.87
2	2 x 500 m	2008	Nagano, JPN	76.28
2	2 x 500 m	2007	Salt Lake City, UT, USA	74.53
2	2 x 500 m	2005	Inzell, GER	77.82
3	2 x 500 m	2011	Inzell, GER	76.39
7	2 x 500 m	2012	Heerenveen, NED	76.80
World Sprint Championships
1	Sprint Combination	2009	Moscow, RUS	152.475
7	Sprint Combination	2012	Calgary, AB, CAN	150.230
10	Sprint Combination	2013	Salt Lake City, UT, USA	149.700

World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons

Season	Overall	500m	1000m
2013/2014	10	5	9
2012/2013	20	3	19
2011/2012	23	7	43
2010/2011	-	16	-
2009/2010	-	3	-
2006/2007	-	3	-

Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011

Season	500m	1000m
2013/2014	2 x 2nd	2 x 8th
2012/2013	2 x 1st	3 x 11th
2011/2012	1 x 3rd	-
2010/2011	1 x 4th	-

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Ten best World Cup performances in current season
2	500 m	2013/2014	Berlin, GER	37.96
2	500 m	2013/2014	Salt Lake City, UT, USA	36.85
3	500 m	2013/2014	Berlin, GER	37.79
3	500 m	2013/2014	Calgary, AB, CAN	37.30
3	500 m	2013/2014	Calgary, AB, CAN	37.40
4	500 m	2013/2014	Salt Lake City, UT, USA	37.18
8	1000 m	2013/2014	Salt Lake City, UT, USA	1:14.06
8	1000 m	2013/2014	Calgary, AB, CAN	1:14.59
11	1000 m	2013/2014	Berlin, GER	1:16.30
Asian Winter Games
2	2 x 500 m	2011	Astana, KAZ	76.53

Legend
MS-Mass Start, DNS-Did not start, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified

Nickname: North Star (sports.sohu.com, 04 Mar 2010)
Occupation: Athlete
Languages Spoken: Dutch, English, French, Russian
Sporting Relatives: Her husband was a former teammate of hers. He later went to be a coach at the Heilongjiang Winter Training Centre. (sports.cn.yahoo.com, 10 May 2013)
Injuries: During her career she has injured her knee. (unn.people.com.cn, 21 Feb 2010)

Hobbies: Reading. (news.bandao, 02 Oct 2010)
Education: Harbin Normal University, China
Coach: Feng Qingbo (CHN) from 2012 (Athlete, 18 Nov 2012)
Debut: 2003 for China (Athlete, 18 Nov 2012)
Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010, Torino 2006

Additional Information

Start of sporting career
She took up the sport at age seven. (chinavalue.net, 12 Feb 2013)

Reason for taking up this sport
She was spotted by an amateur coach due to her good performance in school competitions. (chinavalue.net, 12 Feb 2013)

Ambitions
To win a gold medal at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (chinadaily.com.cn, 25 Dec 2012)

Training
In preparation for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, she travelled to Germany for a special training camp with Canadian speed skater Jeremy Wotherspoon. (sports.sina.com.cn, 30 May 2013)

Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning gold in the combination at the 2009 World Sprint Championships in Moscow, Russia. (Athlete, 04 Dec 2011)

Hero
Chinese speed skater Ye Qiaobo. (chinavalue.net, 12 Feb 2013)

Most influential person in career
Her former coach Kevin Crockett. (cnr.cn, 19 Feb 2010)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"Sport brings happiness to people." (Athlete, 18 Nov 2012)

Awards
She has been given the Sports Honour Medal and May 4th Youth Medal for her home province. (cswbszb.chinajilin.com.cn, 03 Apr 2010; hljnews.cn, 04 May 2011)

General
FROM CHINA TO CANADA
She spent six years in Canada, before returning to China. (news.bandao, 02 Oct 2010)

TRAINING OVER HONEYMOON
She got married in May 2013, shortly before she left for a training camp in Germany. "This is my third time to get ready for the Olympic Winter Games, and it may be my last time. I cherish this opportunity very much. I even didn't spend the honeymoon with my husband after our wedding." (sports.sina.com.cn, 30 May 2013)

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