Additional Information
Highlights
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
|---|
| World Championships |
| 1 | 3000 m Relay | 2013 | Debrecen, HUN |
| 1 | 3000 m Relay | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 1 | 3000 m Relay | 2011 | Sheffield, GBR |
| 1 | 3000 m Relay | 2009 | Vienna, AUT |
| 2 | 1500 m | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 2 | 500 m | 2009 | Vienna, AUT |
| 2 | 500 m | 2008 | Gangneung, KOR |
| 3 | 500 m | 2011 | Sheffield, GBR |
| 3 | 3000 m Relay | 2008 | Gangneung, KOR |
| 4 | 3000 m Relay | 2010 | Sofia, BUL |
| 5 | Individual Final Classification | 2011 | Sheffield, GBR |
| 6 | Individual Final Classification | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 7 | 1000 m | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 12 | 1000 m | 2011 | Sheffield, GBR |
| 13 | 1500 m | 2011 | Sheffield, GBR |
| 41 | 500 m | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| World Team Championships |
| 1 | Team | 2009 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 1 | Team | 2008 | Harbin, CHN |
| 2 | Team | 2011 | Warsaw, POL |
| World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons |
| Season | 500m | 1000m |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 8 | 21 |
| 2012/2013 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011/2012 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010/2011 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008/2009 | 2 | 2 |
| Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011 |
| Season | 500m | 1000m | Relay |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 1 x 5th | 1 x 10th | 1 x 1st |
| 2012/2013 | 2 x 2nd | 1 x 3rd | 4 x 1st |
| 2011/2012 | 2 x 2nd | 1 x 2nd | 5 x 1st |
| 2010/2011 | 4 x 2nd | 2 x 3rd | 4 x 1st |
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
|---|
| Ten best World Cup performances in current season |
| 1 | 3000 m Relay | 2013/2014 | Kolomna, RUS |
| 2 | 3000 m Relay | 2013/2014 | Torino, ITA |
| 2 | 3000 m Relay | 2013/2014 | Seoul, KOR |
| 2 | 3000 m Relay | 2013/2014 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 5 | 500 m | 2013/2014 | Torino, ITA |
| 6 | 500 m | 2013/2014 | Kolomna, RUS |
| 7 | 500 m | 2013/2014 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 9 | 500 m | 2013/2014 | Seoul, KOR |
| 10 | 1000 m | 2013/2014 | Seoul, KOR |
| Asian Winter Games |
| 1 | 500 m | 2011 | Kazakhstan |
| 1 | 3000 m Relay | 2011 | Kazakhstan |
| 3 | 1000 m | 2011 | Kazakhstan |
LegendDNS-Did not start, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified
- Nickname: Iron Blood (QQ profile, 11 Dec 2010)
- Occupation: Athlete
- Languages Spoken: Mandarin
- Sporting Relatives: Her mother was a speed skating athlete. When Qiuhong joined her first sports school, she found her coach was a former teammate of her mother. (sports.sohu.com, 24 May 2009)
- Injuries: She suffered a leg injury while training in 2010. She did not participate at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver due to the injury. (sports.enorth.com.cn, 12 Feb 2010)
She was injured in January 2009, which took four months to recover. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2013)
- Hobbies: Reading, watching tennis, playing golf. (sports.sohu.com, 08 Jan 2012)
- Education: Harbin Sports Institute, China
- Coach: Li Yan [national] (CHN) (Athlete, 07 Nov 2013)
- Debut: 2007 for China (Athlete, 07 Nov 2013)
Additional Information
Start of sporting careerShe began skating at age 10 in 1998. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2013)
Reason for taking up this sportShe finds the sport fun and gets a lot of joy from competing. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2013)
AmbitionsTo win gold at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (sports.sina.com.cn, 11 Jan 2014)
HeroChinese short track skater Yang Yang A. (Athlete, 29 Jan 2012)
Most influential person in careerHer family and friends. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2013)
Sporting philosophy / motto"Friendship comes first, competition comes second." (Athlete, 29 Jan 2012)
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