Yan Wengang
Yan Wengang (Chinese: 闫文港, born 1 July 1997) is a Chinese skeleton racer who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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| Nationality | Chinese | |||||||||||||
| Born | 1 July 1997 Wuqing County, Tianjin, China | |||||||||||||
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| Country | China | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Skeleton | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Yan represented China at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the men's skeleton event and won a bronze medal.[1][2] This was China's first ever medal in a sliding sport at the Olympics.[3][4]
References
- "Yan Wengang". ibsf.org. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- "Yan Wengang". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- Abrams, Jonathan (11 February 2022). "Yan Wengang wins bronze in men's skeleton, China's first medal in a sliding sport". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- Bell, Josh (11 February 2022). "Winter Olympics: historic first sliding medal for China on day seven". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
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