Wengang YAN

People's Republic of China

Skeleton

Date of Birth: 1 Jul 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Place of birth: TIANJIN

Birth Country:

People's Republic of China

Residence: TIANJIN

Residence Country:

People's Republic of China

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Skeleton	Men	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men Official Training Heat 1	Finished
After Heat 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men Official Training Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men Official Training Heat 3	Finished
After Heat 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men Official Training Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men Official Training Heat 5	Finished
After Heat 5	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men Official Training Heat 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men Heat 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men Heat 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Men Heat 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
6	Mixed Team	2020	Altenberg, GER	1:56.10
11	Men	2020	Altenberg, GER	3:47.91
20	Men	2019	Whistler, BC, CAN	3:32.06

Junior World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
10	Men	2019	Koenigssee, GER	1:44.23

World Cup Rankings
Season	Men
2021/22	18
2019/20	15
2018/19	27
2017/18	41

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Men
2021/22	1 x 8th, 1 x 9th, 1 x 12th
2019/20	1 x 7th, 1 x 8th, 1 x 11th
2018/19	1 x 12th, 1 x 13th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
8	Men	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:46.49
9	Men	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:52.04
12	Men	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	56.90
14	Men	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT	1:42.63
17	Men	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:45.90
18	Men	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:56.00
28	Men	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	57.74

Occupation:

Athlete

Languages spoken:

Mandarin Chinese

Debut:

2018 World Cup in St. Moritz (30th)

National team:

2016

Award:

Advanced Worker of the National Sports System (2021)

Awarded the honorary title of "Training Model" by the People's Republic of China General Administration of Sports (2019).

Milestones

Won bronze at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. Earned the first Olympic medal for People's Republic of China in any of the three sliding sports (bobsleigh, luge, skeleton). Finished overall third in heat 1-2 (third in Run 1, fourth in Run 2).

Placed sixth at the 2020 World Championships in the mixed team event and 11th in men's individual (Altenberg).

Has two top-10 finishes at Junior World Championships (9th in 2018, 10th in 2019).

Competed in 18 career World Cup races, with a highest finish of seventh in the 2019/20 season (St. Moritz).

First Chinese athlete to win a race in the Europe Cup. Won gold on 7 December 2019 in Koenigssee, finishing ahead of Fabian Kuechler (GER) and Cedric Renner (GER) in second and third place. (ibsf.org, 7 Dec 2019)

Won North American Cup in November 2019 (Lake Placid), more than one year after his first podium finish in second place.

Legend

:: Bronze
:: Gold Medal Event

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