Yan Wengang
Yan Wen'gang in 2020
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1997-07-01) 1 July 1997 (age 26)
Wuqing County, Tianjin, China
Sport
CountryChina
SportSkeleton
Medal record
Men's skeleton
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Men

Yan Wengang (Chinese: 闫文港, born 1 July 1997) is a Chinese skeleton racer who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Career

Yan represented China at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the men's skeleton event and won a bronze medal.[1][2] This was China's first ever medal in a sliding sport at the Olympics.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Yan Wengang". ibsf.org. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Yan Wengang". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  3. ^ Abrams, Jonathan (11 February 2022). "Yan Wengang wins bronze in men's skeleton, China's first medal in a sliding sport". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  4. ^ Bell, Josh (11 February 2022). "Winter Olympics: historic first sliding medal for China on day seven". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 11 February 2022.


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