Yang Xu (speed skater)

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Yang Xu
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Born (1977-04-26) 26 April 1977 (age 46)
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Country China
Sport Speed skating

Xu Yang or Yang Xu (born 26 April 1977) is a Chinese former long track speed skater, who was active between 1991 and 2002. [1]

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Xu represented her nation at international competitions. As a junior she participated at the 1995 World Junior Speed Skating Championships. At elite level she competed at the 1996 Asian Winter Games and 1997 Asian Speed Skating Championships. She won at the 2001 Asian Speed Skating Championships the bronze medal in the 1500 metres event and also the bronze medal in the 3000 metres event. [2] Yang also medalled at the 1997 Winter Universiade with one silver and 2 bronze medals. She finished fourth at the 2001 Chinese Single Distance Championships in the 3000 metres event. [2]

Personal records

DistanceResult [3] DateLocation
500 m40.717 October 2000 Olympic Oval, Calgary
1000 m1:22.6728 October 2000 Heilongjiang Indoor Rink, Harbin
1500 m2:05.6422 September 2001Heilongjiang Indoor Rink, Harbin
3000 m4:17.467 October 2000Olympic Oval, Calgary
5000 m7:41.5119 October 2001Heilongjiang Indoor Rink, Harbin

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Competition results, statistics and records; SpeedSkatingNews". www.speedskatingnews.info. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. "Skaters : Xu Yang 1977". Speedskatingbase.eu. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  4. "Skaters: Yang Xu". www.speedskatingbase.eu. Retrieved 15 April 2020.