Wu Dajing
Wu in 2015
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1994-07-24) 24 July 1994 (age 29)
Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, China
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
CountryChina
SportShort track speed skating
Event500 m
ClubJilin Province
Coached byLi Yan, Kim Sun-tae, Viktor An (Ahn Hyun-soo)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)500m: 39.505 WR (2018)
1000m: 1:23.380 (2017)
1500m: 2:12.926 (2016)
3000m: 4:51.835 (2016)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing 2000 m mixed relay
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang 5000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi 5000 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Montreal 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Moscow 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Moscow 5000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2016 Seoul 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2016 Seoul 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Rotterdam 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Rotterdam 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2019 Sofia 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2019 Sofia 5000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Moscow Overall
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Seoul 1000 m
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sapporo 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sapporo 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2017 Sapporo 1500 m
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Courmayeur 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Taipei 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Courmayeur Overall
Wu Dajing
Chinese武大靖

Wu Dajing (born 24 July 1994) is a Chinese short track speed skater.[1] He is a gold medalist in the Men's 500 metres at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. He won a gold medal in the Men's 500m at the 2014 ISU World Championships in Montreal, Canada.

He won China's only gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. He won the Men's 500 metres, setting an Olympic record (heat) and two world records (quarterfinal and final) while leading wire-to-wire in all three contests en route to capturing the gold.[2] He became only the second person in history to have skated the discipline in under 40 seconds, after American J. R. Celski who managed the feat in 2012 in Calgary at a much higher elevation where the reduced air density tends to give the skater an advantage due to lowered air resistance. Wu also won a silver medal with his teammates in the men's 5000m team relay.[citation needed]

Wu Dajing was China's flag bearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the 2017 Asian Winter Games.[3]

In 2020, Wu Dajing made a special appearance in the Chinese drama TV series Skate into Love,[citation needed] and was later cast as Yang Gensi in the 2023 film The Volunteers: To the War.

International competition podiums

Date Competition Location Rank Event Result
9 January 2010 2010 World Junior Championships, Taipei Chinese Taipei Taipei Arena 500 m 43.107
26 February 2011 2011 World Junior Championships, Courmayeur Italy Courmayeur Forum Sports Center 500 m 42.491
27 February 2011 2011 World Junior Championships, Courmayeur Italy Courmayeur Forum Sports Center Overall 40 points
4 December 2011 2011–12 ISU World Cup, Nagoya Japan Nippon Gaishi Hall 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000 m relay 6:50.562
11 December 2011 2011–12 ISU World Cup, Shanghai China Oriental Sports Center 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000 m relay 6:38.567
2 December 2012 2012–13 ISU World Cup, Nagoya Japan Nippon Gaishi Hall 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000 m relay 6:47.885
9 December 2012 2012–13 ISU World Cup, Shanghai China Oriental Sports Center 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 500 m 40.911
2 February 2013 2012–13 ISU World Cup, Sochi Russia Iceberg Skating Palace 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500 m 41.095
3 February 2013 2012–13 ISU World Cup, Sochi Russia Iceberg Skating Palace 1st place, gold medalist(s) 500 m 41.413
3 February 2013 2012–13 ISU World Cup, Sochi Russia Iceberg Skating Palace 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000 m relay 6:49.925
10 February 2013 2012–13 ISU World Cup, Dresden Germany EnergieVerbund Arena 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500 m 40.684
5 October 2013 2013–14 ISU World Cup, Seoul South Korea Mokdong Ice Rink 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500 m 40.637
6 October 2013 2013–14 ISU World Cup, Seoul South Korea Mokdong Ice Rink 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1000 m 1:25.935
16 November 2013 2013–14 ISU World Cup, Kolomna Russia Kolomna Speed Skating Center 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 500 m 41.123
21 February 2014 2014 Winter Olympics, Sochi Russia Iceberg Skating Palace 500 m 40.846
21 February 2014 2014 Winter Olympics, Sochi Russia Iceberg Skating Palace 5000 m relay 6:44.521
15 March 2014 2014 World Championships, Montreal Canada Maurice Richard Arena 500 m 40.158
9 November 2014 2014–15 ISU World Cup, Salt Lake City United States Utah Olympic Oval 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 500 m 40.572
9 November 2014 2014–15 ISU World Cup, Salt Lake City United States Utah Olympic Oval 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000 m relay 6:39.715
15 November 2014 2014–15 ISU World Cup, Montreal Canada Maurice Richard Arena 1st place, gold medalist(s) 500 m 40.720
13 March 2015 2015 World Championships, Moscow Russia Ice Palace Krylatskoye 500 m 41.032
15 March 2015 2015 World Championships, Moscow Russia Ice Palace Krylatskoye 3000 m 5:06.093
15 March 2015 2015 World Championships, Moscow Russia Ice Palace Krylatskoye 5000 m relay 41.032
15 March 2015 2015 World Championships, Moscow Russia Ice Palace Krylatskoye Overall 55 points
22 February 2018 2018 Winter Olympics, Pyeongchang South Korea Gangneung Ice Arena 500 m 39.584 Former WR
22 February 2018 2018 Winter Olympics, Pyeongchang South Korea Gangneung Ice Arena 5000 m relay 6:32.035
5 February 2022 2022 Winter Olympics, Beijing China Capital Indoor Stadium 2000 m mixed relay 2:37.348

References

  1. ^ "Wu Dajing". sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Wu Dajing dominates the field in the 500m win". nbcolympics.com. 22 February 2018. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Asian Winter Games opens, China wins 2 medals". www.english.cri.cn/. China Radio International. 19 February 2017. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.

External links

Olympic Games Preceded byLiu Qiuhong Flagbearer for  Chinaat the Olympics closing ceremony Pyeongchang 2018 Succeeded byXu Mengtao & Gao Tingyu
Olympic champions in men's 500 m short track speed skating
Olympic champions in mixed 2000 m relay short track speed skating
Xinhua News Agency's Top Ten Chinese Athletes of the Year
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