Wang Qiang (skier)
Appearance
Wang Qiang | |
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Born | Yichun, Jiangxi, China | 23 April 1993
World Cup career | |
Seasons | 4 – (2018–2020, 2022–present) |
Starts | 17 |
Podiums | 1 |
Wins | 0 |
Overall titles | 0 – (36th in 2022) |
Discipline titles | 0 |
Updated on 20 March 2022. |
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Simplified Chinese | 王强 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 王強 | ||||||||
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Wang Qiang (Chinese: 王强; pinyin: Wáng Qiáng; Mandarin pronunciation: [wǎŋ tɕʰjǎŋ]; born 23 April 1993) is a Chinese cross-country skier. He competed in the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.[1] Wang finished 2nd at the World Cup sprint race in Drammen, Norway on March 3, 2022, making him the first Chinese athlete to ever ascend the podium in a World Cup competition.[2] By the end of the season he finished 36th in the World Cup league table, putting him ahead of Liu Yuanyuan to become the best Chinese cross-country skier of all time.[3]
Cross-country skiing results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[4]
Olympic Games
[edit]Year | Age | 15 km individual |
30 km skiathlon |
50 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay |
Team sprint |
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2018 | 24 | DSQ | 63 | 59 | 67 | — | 27 |
2022 | 28 | — | — | 46[a] | 30 | 13 | 13 |
a Distance reduced to 30 km due to weather conditions.
World Championships
[edit]Year | Age | 15 km individual |
30 km skiathlon |
50 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay |
Team sprint |
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2019 | 25 | 72 | — | — | 28 | 13 | 21 |
World Cup
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Season | Age | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings | |||||
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Overall | Distance | Sprint | Nordic Opening |
Tour de Ski |
Ski Tour 2020 |
World Cup Final | ||
2018 | 24 | NC | NC | NC | DNF | — | — | — |
2019 | 25 | NC | NC | NC | — | — | — | — |
2020 | 26 | 105 | — | 65 | — | — | — | — |
2022 | 28 | 36 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — |
Individual podiums
[edit]- 1 podium – (1 WC, 0 SWC)
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
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1 | 2021–22 | 3 March 2022 | ![]() |
1.2 km Sprint C | World Cup | 2nd |
References
[edit]- ^ "Athlete Profile: WANG Qiang - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- ^ Make history! Wang Qiang cross-country skiing silver medal Chinese player on the World Cup podium for the first time min.news Retrieved 30 March 2023
- ^ "Cup standings".
- ^ "WANG Qiang". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
Categories:
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Chinese male cross-country skiers
- Olympic cross-country skiers for China
- Cross-country skiers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
- People from Yichun, Heilongjiang
- Skiers from Heilongjiang
- Asian cross-country skiing biography stubs
- Chinese winter sports biography stubs