Men
CHN
Yuchen ZHONG
CHN- Date of birth01 Jun 1998
- Height175 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownJiamusi
- Place of birthN/A
- Start skatingHe took up short track skating in Jiamusi, People's Republic of China.
- Club Heilongjiang Province: China
- HobbiesN/A
- LanguagesMandarin
- CoachN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
In 2023 he was named an Elite Athlete of International Class by the Chinese Skating Association. (Chinese Skating Association, 01 May 2023)
In 2018 he was named an Elite Athlete of National Class by the General Administration of Sport of China. (sport.gov.cn, 01 Feb 2018)
In 2018 he was named an Elite Athlete of National Class by the General Administration of Sport of China. (sport.gov.cn, 01 Feb 2018)
"The key of the sport is training. If you don't train enough, you won't know what to do. If you can't defend or make passes during training, you can't do it in competitions either." (The Paper, 18 Apr 2023)
Russian-Korean short track skater Victor An. (Athlete, 06 Dec 2019)
Winning a gold medal in the men's 5000m relay at the 2023 World Championships in Seoul, Republic of Korea. (The Paper, 18 Apr 2023)
There was no school in the village he grew up in, so he was sent Jiamusi, People's Republic of China, where he stayed with a physical education teacher and attended school. The teacher would skate outdoors every winter and Zhong got involved in the sport too. "I was training in speed skating before, and didn't know about short track skating until I moved to Jiamusi and saw people skating in the venue. But the track was so little and the skaters touched ice every time they made a turn. I found this sport so cool and thought about committing to it."
