Wang Ye (speed skater)
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| Born | 29 August 2005 Beijing, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Short track speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wang Ye (Chinese: 王晔; pinyin: Wáng Yè; born 29 August 2005) is a Chinese short track speed skater. She is a world champion and three-time world junior champion. She competes for Team Beijing.
Early life
Wang Ye was born in the Haidian district of Beijing. At the age of 2, her parents bought her a pair of roller skates so she could practice the sport. She began skating at age 4. In addition to roller skating and ice skating, Wang also studied piano, dance, drawing, singing, skiing, swimming, and more as a child. At the time of her passion for speed skating, there was no indoor rink suitable for short track speed skating in Beijing, so she trained in the frozen ditches of local rivers. In sixth grade, at the age of 11, Wang chose between skating and piano.[1]
Career
In 2017, Wang was selected for the short track speed skating team and competed in the National Youth League. In the 2017–2018 season, she won 12 medals, including seven gold. She trained in Qingdao, Changchun, and other places, and her mother, Wang Lihua, was always by her side. In 2018, Wang served as an alternate at the Beijing Winter Olympics due to her young age. In April 2018, Wang was selected for the National Junior Short Track Speed Skating Team "Genius" and began her professional training at the Beijing Normal University Affiliated Middle School.
In November of that year, Wang won the relay, 500m, 1000m, 1500m, and overall all-around titles among juniors at the Beijing Winter Games. In 2019, she was selected for the National Junior Short Track Speed Skating Team, becoming the youngest athlete on the Chinese team. In August, at the Second National Youth Games, she took first place in the 500m, 1500m, and women's relay. In July 2020, Wang Ye injured both knees during training and spent over a year in rehabilitation.[2]
In September 2022, Wang was selected for the national team and in November went to the World Cup stage in Montreal, but was unable to participate due to a cold. In January 2023, at her debut at the World Junior Championships in Dresden, she won silver in the women's relay. In April 2023, she won the 500-meter race at the Chinese National Championships,[3] and also won gold in the mixed relay and bronze in the women's relay. In October, at the World Cup stage in Montreal, as part of the team, Wang won two mixed relays,[4] and in December, she finished in third place in the 500-meter race at the Beijing[5] and Seoul stages.
In January, at the 14th Chinese Winter Games, as part of the Jilin team, Wang won gold in the mixed relay and the 500-meter race.[6] On 11 February 2024, she took second place in the 500 meters at the Dresden event,[7] setting a new Chinese record with a time of 42.378 seconds.[8] At the end of the month, at the World Junior Championships in Gdansk, she won gold medals in the 500 meters, 1000 meters, and mixed relay.[9] In March, at the World Championships in Rotterdam, Wang won gold in the mixed relay,[9] taking sixth place in the 500 meters and fifth in the women's relay. In September 2024, she became the Chinese national champion in the 500 meters for the second time in a row, and on October 20, she was selected to the national team for the 2024–2025 season.[10]
In March 2026, at the World Championships in Montreal, Wang won a bronze medal as part of the Chinese women's relay team.
References
- ^ "短道"牛娃"海淀出 记短道速滑北京队小将王晔_手机新浪网" (in Chinese).
- ^ "青少年体育之星 短道新星王晔入选北京青年榜样" (in Chinese).
- ^ "北京市运动员王晔夺得全国短道速滑冠军赛女子500米冠军" (in Chinese).
- ^ "短道速滑世界杯2000米混合接力，中国队夺冠" (in Chinese).
- ^ "短道速滑世界杯北京站：范可新、王晔分别获女子500米银、铜牌 - 今日头条" (in Chinese).
- ^ "王晔夺全冬会短道速滑青年组女子500米冠军- 新华网内蒙古频道" (in Chinese).
- ^ "2023-24赛季短道速滑世界杯第五站落幕，王晔取得突破！(短道速滑世界杯)_sdlx2011体育直播官网 - 足球、篮球NBA、您的全球体育新闻赛事中心" (in Chinese).
- ^ "李文龙、林孝埈、王晔来了！ 国家短道速滑队在南宁夏训".
- ^ "北京运动员王晔夺得2023-2024赛季国际滑联短道速滑世锦赛2000米混合接力金牌- 北京市体育局网站" (in Chinese).
- ^ "» China names short track squad ahead of Harbin Asian Winter Games". Archived from the original on 20 January 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.