Li Yan, born in Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province on September 1966, is the head coach of China's short track speed skating team and the president of China Skating Association. /kloc-entered the formal training of juvenile sports school at the age of 0/2, and was selected into Mudanjiang sports team with excellent results.
Li Yan characters experience
1982 won the second place in the national junior competition and was transferred to Mudanjiang Sports School for training. 1987 Joined China National Short Track Speed Skating Team. 1988 Li Yan won the women's 1000m gold medal and the 500m and 1500m bronze medals in the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics short track speed skating performance. 1992, Li Yan won the 500-meter silver medal in the Albertville Winter Olympics.
She is the person who started the history of short track speed skating in China. 1988, Li Yan won the women's 1000 m gold medal and the 500 m and 1500 m bronze medals in the short track speed skating performance in Calgary Winter Olympics, and set new world records of 1000 m and 1500 m respectively. She won the gold medal in the short track speed skating 1000m exhibition competition as a performance event at that time, and was called "Long Xiang" by Canadians at that time.
Li Yan 1990 participated in the second Sapporo Asian Winter Games, 1500m won the third place, and won the 3000m relay championship with her teammates.
1992 Albertville Winter Olympics won the silver medal in women's 500-meter short track speed skating, which was China's first Olympic medal.