Men
CHN
Tingyu GAO
CHN- Date of birth15 Dec 1997
- Height1800 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- Home townHarbin
- Place of birthYichun
- Start skating / Club He took up the sport in 2004 while he was at primary school. / Heilongjiang Province Ice Training Centre: Harbin, CHN
- languagesMandarin
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
In 2017 he was named an Elite Athlete of International Class by the General Administration of Sport of China. (sports.ifeng.com, 04 Jan 2017; sport.gov.cn, 09 Feb 2017)
In 2014 he was named an Elite Athlete of National Class by the General Administration of Sport of China. (sport.gov.cn, 26 Mar 2014)
In 2014 he was named an Elite Athlete of National Class by the General Administration of Sport of China. (sport.gov.cn, 26 Mar 2014)
"If you are going the wrong direction, going forward is actually going backwards." (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019)
Chinese speed skater Zhang Hong, US basketball player Tracy McGrady. (zjtyol.zjol.com.cn, 23 Feb 2018; Athlete, 15 Nov 2019)
He became the first male athlete representing the People's Republic of China to win an Olympic medal in speed skating by claiming bronze in the 500m at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (OIS, 19 Feb 2018; SportsDeskOnline, 04 Jan 2020)
Coach Liu Guangbin. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2019)
In June 2020 he sustained a waist injury in training. (dangjian.people.com.cn, 15 Jun 2021)
He loved skating and showed talent in the sport from an early age.
