Men
CHN
Xiaojun LIN
CHN- Date of birth29 May 1996
- Height1710 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- Place of birthDaegu
- Start skating / Club He took up the sport in grade one of primary school. / Hebei Province: China
- HobbiesGo karting. (Xinmin Evening News, 07 Feb 2023)
- LanguagesKorean, Mandarin
- CoachZhang Jing [national]
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
In 2018 he was presented with the Sponomics Grand Award in the Republic of Korea. (yonhapnews.co.kr, 07 Mar 2018)
He received a Male Rookie Award at the 2018 Coca-Cola Athletics Awards in the Republic of Korea. (xportsnews.com, 21 Mar 2018)
He received a Male Rookie Award at the 2018 Coca-Cola Athletics Awards in the Republic of Korea. (xportsnews.com, 21 Mar 2018)
"Don't doubt yourself, the key to victory is to trust yourself." (Weibo profile, 01 Oct 2023)
Irish mixed martial artist Conor McGregor. (Athlete, 05 Nov 2018)
His parents. (Athlete, 04 Nov 2018)
He has had a total of eight operations on his shoulder. Seven of them were when he was a child, and the eighth took place in May 2023. (Shangyou News, 30 May 2023)
He was affected by a back problem during the 2017/18 season and was unable to compete at the World Cup events in Dordrecht, Netherlands, and Shanghai, People's Republic of China. (news.joins.com, 03 Nov 2017; hankookilbo.com, 04 Oct 2017)
He injured his waist area and fractured his wrist at a competition while he was a high school student. He also tore ligaments and fractured his right ankle in high school. (weekly.chosun.com, 01 Jan 2018; sports.khan.co.kr, 18 Sep 2016)
He fractured his right shinbone in grade seven of middle school and was sidelined for 18 months. (weekly.chosun.com, 01 Jan 2018)
He was affected by a back problem during the 2017/18 season and was unable to compete at the World Cup events in Dordrecht, Netherlands, and Shanghai, People's Republic of China. (news.joins.com, 03 Nov 2017; hankookilbo.com, 04 Oct 2017)
He injured his waist area and fractured his wrist at a competition while he was a high school student. He also tore ligaments and fractured his right ankle in high school. (weekly.chosun.com, 01 Jan 2018; sports.khan.co.kr, 18 Sep 2016)
He fractured his right shinbone in grade seven of middle school and was sidelined for 18 months. (weekly.chosun.com, 01 Jan 2018)
To compete at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (Shangyou News, 30 May 2023)
Winning gold in the 1500m at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (Athlete, 04 Nov 2018)
NATIONALITY SWITCH
He previously represented the Republic of Korea under the name Lim Hyo-Jun. In 2020 he began the process of switching nations to compete for the People's Republic of China, and was granted Chinese nationality in June 2020. He was approved to start competing for his new nation by the International Skating Union [ISU] in July 2022. (ISU, 12 Jul 2022; chosun.com, 06 Mar 2021; yna.co.kr, 09 Mar 2021; osen.mt.co.kr, 07 Mar 2021)
SANCTION
He was banned for one year by Korea Skating Union after a June 2019 incident in which he pulled down a teammate's trousers, leaving him standing, exposed, in front of female teammates. (nbcsports.com, 26 Sep 2022)
He previously represented the Republic of Korea under the name Lim Hyo-Jun. In 2020 he began the process of switching nations to compete for the People's Republic of China, and was granted Chinese nationality in June 2020. He was approved to start competing for his new nation by the International Skating Union [ISU] in July 2022. (ISU, 12 Jul 2022; chosun.com, 06 Mar 2021; yna.co.kr, 09 Mar 2021; osen.mt.co.kr, 07 Mar 2021)
SANCTION
He was banned for one year by Korea Skating Union after a June 2019 incident in which he pulled down a teammate's trousers, leaving him standing, exposed, in front of female teammates. (nbcsports.com, 26 Sep 2022)
His parents wanted him to become a swimmer but he was unable to pursue the sport after he injured his eardrum while playing with a cotton bud. His house was near an ice rink so he decided to join the skating team at primary school.
Zhang Jing [national]
