Dan ZHAO

People's Republic of China

Skeleton

Date of Birth: 14 Dec 2002

Age: 19

Gender: Female

Birth Country:

People's Republic of China

Residence Country:

People's Republic of China

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Skeleton	Women	9

Schedule

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

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Youth Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
7	Women	2020	Lausanne, SUI	00:02:24.330

Junior World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
14	Women	2020	Winterberg, GER	2:01.59

World Cup Rankings
Season	Women
2021/22	26

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Women
2021/22	1 x 15th, 1 x 19th, 1 x 20th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
15	Women	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:49.19
19	Women	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:49.16
20	Women	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	59.57
23	Women	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT	53.58

Occupation:

Athlete

Languages spoken:

Mandarin Chinese

Coach:

National: Wilfried Schneider (GER)
Personal: Mark Wood (GBR)

Other sports:

Athletics: Former long jumper.

Debut:

2021 World Cup in Innsbruck (19th)

Award:

One of two opening ceremony flagbearers for the People's Republic of China at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, along with speed skater Gao Tingyu (CHN).

Milestones

Finished seventh at the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games.

Was 14th at the 2020 Junior World Championships (Winterberg), finishing 0.09 seconds behind teammate Qi Jinghua (CHN) in 12th.

Raced in four World Cup events this season, with a highest finish of 15th in November 2021 (Innsbruck).

Gold in debut at the Intercontinental Cup in December 2021 (Innsbruck).

Three wins and two runner-up finishes in six races in the 2019 Youth Series Competition. Missed out on the podium finishing 0.06 seconds behind Sissi Schroedl (GER) in Lillehammer.

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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