Han Tianyu

{{Infobox speed skater

| sport = Short track speed skating

| name = Han Tianyu

| image = Liu Shaolin Sándor and Han Tianyu.JPG

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| country = {{CHN}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|6|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Fushun, Liaoning, China

| height = 1.73 m

| weight = 65 kg

| coach = Li Yan (National Team Coach)

| pb = 500m: 40.419 (2016)
1000m: 1:24.490 (2014)
1500m: 2:10.395 (2016)
3000m: 4:49.450 (2016)

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates=

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|p==Hán Tiānyǔ

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Han Tianyu (born 3 June 1996) is a Chinese short-track speed-skater. He won the silver medal in men's 1500 metres short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics, behind the Canadian skater Charles Hamelin, who won the gold medal.

Early life

In 2002, Tianyu started to practice roller skating when he was only six years old. He was very talented in skating and won 8 national champions and 5 provincial champions during 2002 to 2006. In 2006, 10-year-old Tianyu decided to learn and practice short track speed skating. While there was no professional short track team in Liaoning Province at that time, he went to Changchun, Jilin and started his short track training.

Career

Han Tianyu made his international debut in 2012 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Melbourne, where he finished first in super 1500 meters, as well as a silver medal in 500 meters. Finally, he won a bronze medal in the overall ranking. After that competition, he was selected as a Chinese national team skater.

He started to compete in world cups in the 2012–2013 season. He also competed in 2013 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships one year later in Warsaw, Poland. During that championships, he won 2 gold and a silver in single distances and ranked 2nd in the overall ranking. During the ISU competitions in 2013–2014 season, he showed a lot of improvements and was selected as a competitor in 2014 winter olympic games in Sochi.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

On 10 February 2014, Han went on the ice for men's 1500 meters in Winter Olympic Game. He was in the same heat with superstar Victor An and world junior champion in 2013 Park Se-yeong, in both quarterfinals and semifinals. He made a second and a first in the two races and got the chance to be in the final race. In the final race, he stayed in top three during the whole race and in the last few laps still tried to challenge Charles Hamelin, who won the gold medal in the end. Tianyu finished second and Victor got the bronze medal.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

On March 12, 2016, Han Tianyu won men's 1500 meters gold medal in World Short Track Speed Skating Championships held in Seoul, which made him the first male Chinese skater to win gold medal in World Championships in 1500m. On 13th, he finished first in the men's 3000 meters superfinal, and won the gold medal of men's overall classification. Han became the second skater who won World Championships Men's overall gold medal in Chinese history (after Li Jiajun).{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

International Competition Podiums

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Date \| Competition \| Location \| Rank \| Event \| Result
25 Feb 2012	2012 World Junior Championships, Melbourne	{{Flagicon\|AUS}} Medibank Icehouse	16px	500 m	42.308
25 Feb 2012	2012 World Junior Championships, Melbourne	{{Flagicon\|AUS}} Medibank Icehouse	16px	1500 m Super Final	2:38.889
25 Feb 2012	2012 World Junior Championships, Melbourne	{{Flagicon\|AUS}} Medibank Icehouse	16px	3000 m relay	4:02.922
25 Feb 2012	2012 World Junior Championships, Melbourne	{{Flagicon\|AUS}} Medibank Icehouse	16px	Overall	63 Points
28 Oct 2012	2012–13 ISU World Cup, Montreal	{{Flagicon\|CAN}} Maurice Richard Arena	{{Silver2}}	5000 m relay	6:45.864
2 Dec 2012	2012–13 ISU World Cup, Nagoya	{{Flagicon\|JPN}} Nippon Gaishi Hall	{{Bronze3}}	5000 m relay	6:47.885
3 Feb 2013	2012–13 ISU World Cup, Sochi	{{Flagicon\|RUS}} Iceberg Skating Palace	{{Bronze3}}	5000 m relay	6:49.925
22 Feb 2013	2013 World Junior Championships, Warsaw	{{Flagicon\|POL}} Torwar Hall	16px	1500 m	2:35.255
23 Feb 2013	2013 World Junior Championships, Warsaw	{{Flagicon\|POL}} Torwar Hall	16px	500 m	41.458
24 Feb 2013	2013 World Junior Championships, Warsaw	{{Flagicon\|POL}} Torwar Hall	16px	1000 m	1:28.592
24 Feb 2013	2013 World Junior Championships, Warsaw	{{Flagicon\|POL}} Torwar Hall	16px	Overall	97 Points
10 Feb 2014	2014 Winter Olympics, Sochi	{{Flagicon\|RUS}} Iceberg Skating Palace	16px	1500 m	2:15.055
21 Feb 2014	2014 Winter Olympics, Sochi	{{Flagicon\|RUS}} Iceberg Skating Palace	16px	5000 m relay	6:48.341
14 Mar 2014	2014 World Championships, Montreal	{{Flagicon\|CAN}} Maurice Richard Arena	16px	1500 m	2:15.138
9 Nov 2014	2014–15 ISU World Cup, Salt Lake City	{{Flagicon\|USA}} Utah Olympic Oval	{{Silver2}}	5000 m relay	6:39.715
8 Feb 2015	2014–15 ISU World Cup, Dresden	{{Flagicon\|GER}} EnergieVerbund Arena	{{Bronze3}}	5000 m relay	6:55.225
14 Feb 2015	2014–15 ISU World Cup, Erzurum	{{Flagicon\|TUR}} Palandöken Ice Skating Hall	{{Gold1}}	1500 m	2:13.354
15 Feb 2015	2014–15 ISU World Cup, Erzurum	{{Flagicon\|TUR}} Palandöken Ice Skating Hall	{{Gold1}}	5000 m relay	6:50.822
14 Mar 2015	2015 World Championships, Moscow	{{Flagicon\|RUS}} Ice Palace Krylatskoye	16px	500 m	41.202
15 Mar 2015	2015 World Championships, Moscow	{{Flagicon\|RUS}} Ice Palace Krylatskoye	16px	5000 m relay	6:55.980

External links

[http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-tianyu-han Han Tianyu's profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211053653/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-tianyu-han |date=2014-02-11 }}, from http://www.sochi2014.com {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130411201700/sochi2014.com/en/ob/questionnaire/ |date=2013-04-11 }}; retrieved 2014-02-10.

Category:1996 births

Category:Living people

Category:Chinese male short-track speed skaters

Category:Olympic short-track speed skaters for China

Category:Olympic medalists in short-track speed skating

Category:Olympic silver medalists for China

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for China

Category:Short-track speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Category:Short-track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Category:Sportspeople from Fushun

Category:Asian Games medalists in short-track speed skating

Category:Short-track speed skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Category:Asian Games gold medalists for China

Category:Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Category:World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists

Category:21st-century Chinese sportsmen