Sun Qi

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Sun Qi
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1999-08-11) 11 August 1999 (age 25)
Sport
Sport Snowboarding
Disability class SB-LL2
Medal record
Representing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Men's para snowboarding
Winter Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Beijing Banked slalom
World Para Snowboard Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Pyha Banked slalom

Sun Qi (born 11 August 1999) is a Chinese para-snowboarder who competes in the SB-LL2 category.

Career

He competed at the 2018 World Para Snowboard World Cup in Landgraaf, Netherlands where he became the first Chinese player to win an international para-snowboarding gold medal. [1]

He represented China at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, where he finished in 11th place in the banked slalom and snowboard cross events. [2] He again represented China at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China and won a gold medal in the banked slalom event. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Sun Qi stuns at Landgraaf World Cup". paralympic.org. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  2. "Qi Sun". paralympic.org. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  3. "Qi Sun". paralympic.org. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  4. "Men's Banked Slalom SB-LL2 Results". results.beijing2022.cn. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  5. "Snowboarding Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Winter Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.