Han Tianyu

Han Tianyu

Personal information
Born	(1996-06-03) 3 June 1996 (age 25) Fushun, Liaoning, China
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Short track speed skating
Coached by	Li Yan (National Team Coach)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	500m: 40.419 (2016) 1000m: 1:24.490 (2014) 1500m: 2:10.395 (2016) 3000m: 4:49.450 (2016)
Medal record Olympic Games 2014 Sochi 1500 m 2018 Pyeongchang 5000 m relay 2014 Sochi 5000 m relay World Championships 2015 Moscow 5000 m relay 2016 Seoul Overall 2016 Seoul 1500 m 2016 Seoul 3000 m 2016 Seoul 5000 m relay 2014 Montreal 1500 m 2017 Rotterdam 5000 m relay 2015 Moscow 500 m Asian Winter Games 2017 Sapporo 5000 m relay World Junior Championships 2012 Melbourne Super 1500 m 2013 Warsaw 1500 m 2013 Warsaw 1000 m 2012 Melbourne 500 m 2012 Melbourne 3000m relay 2013 Warsaw 500 m 2013 Warsaw Overall 2012 Melbourne Overall Asian Winter Games 2017 Sapporo 5000m relay

Han Tianyu (born 3 June 1996) is a Chinese short-track speed-skater. He won the silver medal in men's 1500 metres short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics, behind the Canadian skater Charles Hamelin, who won the gold medal.

Early life[]

In 2002, Tianyu started to practice roller skating when he was only six years old. He was very talented in skating and won 8 national champions and 5 provincial champions during 2002 to 2006. In 2006, 10-year-old Tianyu decided to learn and practice short track speed skating. While there was no professional short track team in Liaoning Province at that time, he went to Changchun, Jilin and started his short track training.

Career[]

Han Tianyu made his international debut in 2012 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Melbourne, where he finished first in super 1500 meters, as well as a silver medal in 500 meters. Finally, he won a bronze medal in the overall ranking. After that competition, he was selected as a Chinese national team skater.

He started to compete in world cups in the 2012–2013 season. He also competed in 2013 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships one year later in Warsaw, Poland. During that championships, he won 2 gold and a silver in single distances and ranked 2nd in the overall ranking. During the ISU competitions in 2013–2014 season, he showed a lot of improvements and was selected as a competitor in 2014 winter olympic games in Sochi.

On Feb 10th, 2014, Han went on the ice for men's 1500 meters in Winter Olympic Game. He was in the same heat with superstar Victor An and world junior champion in 2013 Park Se-yeong, in both quarterfinals and semifinals. He made a second and a first in the two races and got the chance to be in the final race. In the final race, he stayed in top three during the whole race and in the last few laps still tried to challenge Charles Hamelin, who won the gold medal in the end. Tianyu finished second and Victor got the bronze medal.

On March 12, 2016, Han Tianyu won men's 1500 meters gold medal in World Short Track Speed Skating Championships held in Seoul, which made him the first male Chinese skater to win gold medal in World Championships in 1500m. On 13th, he finished first in the men's 3000 meters superfinal, and won the gold medal of men's overall classification. Han became the second skater who won World Championships Men's overall gold medal in Chinese history (after Li Jiajun).

International Competition Podiums[]

Date	Competition	Location	Rank	Event	Result
25 Feb 2012	2012 World Junior Championships, Melbourne	Medibank Icehouse		500 m	42.308
25 Feb 2012	2012 World Junior Championships, Melbourne	Medibank Icehouse		1500 m Super Final	2:38.889
25 Feb 2012	2012 World Junior Championships, Melbourne	Medibank Icehouse		3000 m relay	4:02.922
25 Feb 2012	2012 World Junior Championships, Melbourne	Medibank Icehouse		Overall	63 Points
28 Oct 2012	2012–13 ISU World Cup, Montreal	Maurice Richard Arena		5000 m relay	6:45.864
2 Dec 2012	2012–13 ISU World Cup, Nagoya	Nippon Gaishi Hall		5000 m relay	6:47.885
3 Feb 2013	2012–13 ISU World Cup, Sochi	Iceberg Skating Palace		5000 m relay	6:49.925
22 Feb 2013	2013 World Junior Championships, Warsaw	Torwar Hall		1500 m	2:35.255
23 Feb 2013	2013 World Junior Championships, Warsaw	Torwar Hall		500 m	41.458
24 Feb 2013	2013 World Junior Championships, Warsaw	Torwar Hall		1000 m	1:28.592
24 Feb 2013	2013 World Junior Championships, Warsaw	Torwar Hall		Overall	97 Points
10 Feb 2014	2014 Winter Olympics, Sochi	Iceberg Skating Palace		1500 m	2:15.055
21 Feb 2014	2014 Winter Olympics, Sochi	Iceberg Skating Palace		5000 m relay	6:48.341
14 Mar 2014	2014 World Championships, Montreal	Maurice Richard Arena		1500 m	2:15.138
9 Nov 2014	2014–15 ISU World Cup, Salt Lake City	Utah Olympic Oval		5000 m relay	6:39.715
8 Feb 2015	2014–15 ISU World Cup, Dresden	EnergieVerbund Arena		5000 m relay	6:55.225
14 Feb 2015	2014–15 ISU World Cup, Erzurum	Palandöken Olympic Ice Rink		1500 m	2:13.354
15 Feb 2015	2014–15 ISU World Cup, Erzurum	Palandöken Olympic Ice Rink		5000 m relay	6:50.822
14 Mar 2015	2015 World Championships, Moscow	Krylatskoe		500 m	41.202
15 Mar 2015	2015 World Championships, Moscow	Krylatskoe		5000 m relay	6:55.980

External links[]

• Han Tianyu's profile, from http://www.sochi2014.com; retrieved 2014-02-10.