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| Born | 2 December 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair curling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wang Haitao (born 2 December 1989) is a Chinese wheelchair curler. He participated at the 2014, 2018 Winter Paralympics and 2022 Winter Paralympics, winning two gold medals in 2018 and 2022. [1]
He participated in several editions of World Wheelchair Curling Championships and won two bronze, one silver medal, and most recently won the 2021 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, in addition to winning the 2022 Winter Paralympics gold medal.
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09 | Wang Haitao | Liu Wei | Xu Guangqin | He Jun | Li Chunyu | Li Hongchen | WWhCCQ 2009 (2rd)  WWhCC 2009 (5th) |
| 2010–11 | Wang Haitao | Liu Wei | Xu Guangqin | He Jun | Zhang Qiang | Li Hongchen | WWhCCQ 2011 (1st)  WWhCC 2011 (5th) |
| 2011–12 | Wang Haitao | Liu Wei | He Jun | Xu Guangqin | Zhang Qiang | Li Jianrui | WWhCC 2012 (3rd)  |
| 2012–13 | Wang Haitao | Liu Wei | Xu Guangqin | He Jun | Zhang Qiang | Li Hongchen | WWhCC 2013 (3rd) |
| 2013–14 | Wang Haitao | Zhang Qiang | Liu Wei | Xu Guangqin | He Jun | Li Jianrui | PWG 2014 (4th) |
| 2014-15 | Wang Haitao | Liu Wei | Zhang Qiang | Xu Guangqin | He Jun | Li Jianrui | WWhCC 2015 (2rd) |
| 2016–17 | Wang Haitao | Liu Wei | Chen Jianxin | Xu Guangqin | Zhang Mingliang | Li Jianrui | WWhCC 2017 (4th) |
| 2017–18 | Wang Haitao | Chen Jianxin | Liu Wei | Wang Meng | Zhang Qiang | Yue Qingshuang | PWG 2018 (1st) |
| 2018–19 | Wang Haitao | Zhang Mingliang | Xu Xinchen | Yan Zhuo | Zhang Qiang | Li Jianrui | WWhCC 2019 (1st) |
| 2019–20 | Wang Haitao | Chen Jianxin | Liu Wei | Wang Meng | Zhang Mingliang | Li Jianrui | WWhCC 2020 (4th) |
| 2021–22 | Wang Haitao | Chen Jianxin | Zhang Mingliang | Yan Zhuo | Sun Yulong | Yue Qingshuang | WWhCC 2021 (1st) PWG 2022 (1st) |
| 2022–23 | Wang Haitao | Zhang Shuaiyu | Yang Jinqiao | Li Nana | Zhang Mingliang | Yue Qingshuang | WWhCC 2023 (1st) |
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