Guo Dan (speed skater)

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Maria Guo Dan
Personal information
Full nameGuo Dan
NationalityChinese
Born (1990-12-06) 6 December 1990 (age 31)
Beijing, China
Sport
Country China
SportRoller speed skating, Speed skating
Medal record

Guo Dan (Chinese: 郭丹; pinyin: Guō Dān; Mandarin pronunciation: [kwó tán]; born 6 December 1990) is a Chinese female roller skater who is also specialised in speed skating.[1][2][3][4] She took the sport of roller skating at the age of three and has competed at several international competitions as a roller skater. She most notably secured a gold medal in the women's 20000m elimination race during the 2013 World Games which was held in Colombia.[5]

Guo Dan decided to take the sport of speed skating in the late 2015 as she was aiming to qualify for the 2018 Winter Olympics.[6][7] She took part in the 2017 Asian Winter Games and competed in the women's mass start event.[8] Guo Dan was selected to represent China at the 2018 Winter Olympics and competed in the women's mass start event.[9][10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Speed Skating - Dan Guo (China)". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  2. ^ "Dan Guo - Player Profile - Speed Skating". Eurosport. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  3. ^ "Dan Guo (CHN)". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  4. ^ "(Maria) Guo Dan - SpeedSkatingStats.com". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  5. ^ "2013 Roller Speed Skating World Championships: Medal results and records - Online-skating.com". www.online-skating.com. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  6. ^ "GUO Dan". Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  7. ^ "SS - Person Bio". www.isu.html.infostradasports.com. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  8. ^ "Sapporo 2017 Schedule" (PDF). www.sapporo2017.org/. SAWOG 2017 Sapporo Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Speed Skating | Athlete Profile: GUO Dan - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  10. ^ "GUO Dan | Athletes | CBC Olympics | PyeongChang 2018". Pyeong Chang 2018 | CBC Olympics. Retrieved 2018-02-25.


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