Shani Earl Davis is an American former speed skater.
Short-track speed skating has been a contest at the Winter Olympics since the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville,France. Prior to that,it was a demonstration sport at the 1988 games. The results from the 1988 demonstration competition are not included in the official Olympic statistics. The sport has been dominated by teams from East Asia and North America,namely South Korea,China,Canada and the United States. Those four countries have won 147 of 195 medals awarded since 1992. South Korea leads the medal tally,with 53 medals including 26 golds since 1992. The majority of medals that South Korea and China have won at the Winter Olympics come from short-track speed skating.
Arianna Fontana OMRI is an Italian short track speed skater,who has won eleven Olympic medals among these two gold medals in the 500m short track,one at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and the second one at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Her medal haul following the 2022 Games made her the short track skater with the most Olympic medals. It also made her the Italian sportswoman with the highest number of Winter Olympic medals,one more than Stefania Belmondo. She specializes in the 500 m event.
The Republic of Korea first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948,and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then,except for 1980 which they boycotted. South Korea has also participated in every Winter Olympic Games since 1948,except for the 1952 games.
Originally having participated in Olympics as the delegation of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1924 Summer Olympics to 1976 Winter Olympics,China competed at the Olympic Games under the name of the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the first time in 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki,Finland,although they only arrived in time during the last days to participate in a one event. That year,the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed both the PRC and ROC to compete with the name "China",although the latter withdrew in protest. Due to the dispute over the political status of the "two Chinas",the PRC started a period of isolationism,withdrawing from several international sporting bodies and the UN system until the mid-1970s,when the country participated for the first time in the Asian Games in 1974 and the World University Games in 1977. Returning to the IOC officially only in 1979,which gave it the right to send an official delegation,starting from the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid,United States. Their first appearance at the Summer Olympic Games after 1952 was the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles,United States. The People's Republic of China staged boycotts of the Games of the XVI Olympiad in Melbourne,Australia,Games of the XVII Olympiad in Rome,Italy,Games of the XVIII Olympiad in Tokyo,Japan,Games of the XIX Olympiad in Mexico City,Mexico,Games of the XX Olympiad in Munich,Germany,and Games of the XXI Olympiad in Montreal,Canada. China also boycotted the Games of the XXII Olympiad in Moscow,USSR due to the American-led boycott and the ongoing Sino-Soviet split,together with the other countries.
Xu Mengtao is an Olympic Champion Chinese aerial skier. She has 27 World Cup victories and an Olympic Gold. She is also the current World Cup leader and became the first Chinese woman to win an Olympic gold in the Aerial Ski event during her fourth Olympics at the age of 31. She was one of Team China's flag bearers,at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic's closing ceremony.
Gilmore Junio,also known as Gimoy,is a Canadian speedskater from Calgary. He competes primarily in the short distances of 500 m and 1000 m. A three-time Olympian,Junio competed at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi,2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang,and 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Kim Boutin is a Canadian short track speed skater. Boutin won silver in the 1,000 m and bronze in the 500 m and 1,500 m events at the 2018 Winter Olympics at Pyeonchang,Korea. She was the first Canadian female short track speed skater to win three individual Olympic medals in a single Olympics and the first Canadian woman to win an Olympic medal in the 1,500 m. As a result of her three medal performance she was named the flag bearer for Canada at the closing ceremonies for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Boutin has also won junior and senior world championships and World Cup medals.
China competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang,South Korea,from 9 to 25 February 2018. China competed in 12 sports,participating in bobsleigh,skeleton,and ski jumping for the first time. China won 9 medals in total.
Erin Jackson is an American speed skater,roller derby player,and Olympic gold medalist. Jackson is the first Black woman to win a Winter Olympic gold medal in an individual sport. She qualified for The World Games 2017 in Wroclaw,Poland,where she competed in inline speed skating in various distances on road and track. She also qualified to compete in the 500 meters long track speed skating event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
Isabelle Weidemann is a Canadian speed skater. She is a multiple Olympic medallist,winning gold in the team pursuit,silver in the 5,000 metre,and bronze in the 3,000 metre at the 2022 Winter Olympics. She is the third Canadian ever to have won more than two medals at a single Winter Olympic Games following Cindy Klassen and Gaétan Boucher. Weidemann also previously won a silver and bronze medal at the 2021 and 2020 World Single Distance Championships in women's team pursuit.
Cha Min-kyu is a South Korean speed skater who competes internationally.
The People's Republic of China (PRC) was the host nation at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing which took place from 4 to 20 February 2022. As a host,China sent its largest ever contingent delegation of 387 personnel to the games,of which 176 were athletes.
Australia competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing,China,from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Ukraine competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing,China,from 4 to 20 February 2022,in its eighth appearance as an independent nation.
Hong Kong,a special administrative region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China,competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing,China,from 4 to 20 February 2022. The delegation competed under the formal name Hong Kong,China. This was the SAR's sixth appearance at a Winter Olympic Games,since its first appearance in 2002.
The men's 500 m competition in speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 12 February,at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing. The event was won by three Asians,Gao Tingyu of China,the 2018 bronze medalist,who set a new Olympic record,Cha Min-kyu of South Korea,replicating his 2018 success,and Wataru Morishige of Japan,his first Olympic medal.
Steven Dubois is a Canadian short-track speed skater.
Wataru Morishige is a Japanese speed skater who represented Japan at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Sidney K. Chu is a short track speed skater representing Hong Kong. Chu was Hong Kong's flag-bearer at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing,China. Chu is currently the executive director of the Hong Kong Speed Skating Academy
