Wu Dajing

Wu Dajing (born 24 July 1994) is a Chinese short track speed skater.[1] He is a gold medalist in the Men's 500 metres at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. He won a gold medal in the Men's 500m at the 2014 ISU World Championships in Montreal, Canada.

Wu Dajing
Wu in 2015
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1994-07-24) 24 July 1994
Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, China
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
CountryChina
SportShort track speed skating
Event500 m
ClubJilin Province
Coached byLi Yan, Kim Sun-tae, Viktor An (Ahn Hyun-soo)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)500m: 39.505 WR (2018)
1000m: 1:23.380 (2017)
1500m: 2:12.926 (2016)
3000m: 4:51.835 (2016)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2018 Pyeongchang500 m
2022 Beijing2000 m mixed relay
2014 Sochi500 m
2018 Pyeongchang5000 m relay
2014 Sochi5000 m relay
World Championships
2014 Montreal500 m
2015 Moscow500 m
2015 Moscow5000 m relay
2016 Seoul5000 m relay
2016 Seoul500 m
2017 Rotterdam500 m
2017 Rotterdam5000 m relay
2019 Sofia500 m
2019 Sofia5000 m relay
2015 MoscowOverall
2016 Seoul1000 m
Asian Games
2017 Sapporo500 m
2017 Sapporo5000 m relay
2017 Sapporo1500 m
World Junior Championships
2011 Courmayeur500 m
2010 Taipei500 m
2011 CourmayeurOverall
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wu.
Wu Dajing
Chinese武大靖

He won China's only gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. He won the Men's 500 metres, setting an Olympic record (heat) and two world records (quarterfinal and final) while leading wire-to-wire in all three contests en route to capturing the gold.[2] He became only the second person in history to have skated the discipline in under 40 seconds, after American J. R. Celski who managed the feat in 2012 in Calgary at a much higher elevation where the reduced air density tends to give the skater an advantage due to lowered air resistance. Wu also won a silver medal with his teammates in the men's 5000m team relay.

Wu Dajing was China's flag bearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the 2017 Asian Winter Games.[3]

In 2020, Wu Dajing made a special appearance in the Chinese drama TV series Skate into Love, and was later cast as Yang Gensi in the 2023 film The Volunteers: To the War.

International competition podiums
Date Competition Location Rank Event Result
9 January 20102010 World Junior Championships, Taipei Taipei Arena500 m43.107
26 February 20112011 World Junior Championships, Courmayeur Courmayeur Forum Sports Center500 m42.491
27 February 20112011 World Junior Championships, Courmayeur Courmayeur Forum Sports CenterOverall40 points
4 December 20112011–12 ISU World Cup, Nagoya Nippon Gaishi Hall5000 m relay6:50.562
11 December 20112011–12 ISU World Cup, Shanghai Oriental Sports Center5000 m relay6:38.567
2 December 20122012–13 ISU World Cup, Nagoya Nippon Gaishi Hall5000 m relay6:47.885
9 December 20122012–13 ISU World Cup, Shanghai Oriental Sports Center500 m40.911
2 February 20132012–13 ISU World Cup, Sochi Iceberg Skating Palace500 m41.095
3 February 20132012–13 ISU World Cup, Sochi Iceberg Skating Palace500 m41.413
3 February 20132012–13 ISU World Cup, Sochi Iceberg Skating Palace5000 m relay6:49.925
10 February 20132012–13 ISU World Cup, Dresden EnergieVerbund Arena500 m40.684
5 October 20132013–14 ISU World Cup, Seoul Mokdong Ice Rink500 m40.637
6 October 20132013–14 ISU World Cup, Seoul Mokdong Ice Rink1000 m1:25.935
16 November 20132013–14 ISU World Cup, Kolomna Kolomna Speed Skating Center500 m41.123
21 February 20142014 Winter Olympics, Sochi Iceberg Skating Palace500 m40.846
21 February 20142014 Winter Olympics, Sochi Iceberg Skating Palace5000 m relay6:44.521
15 March 20142014 World Championships, Montreal Maurice Richard Arena500 m40.158
9 November 20142014–15 ISU World Cup, Salt Lake City Utah Olympic Oval500 m40.572
9 November 20142014–15 ISU World Cup, Salt Lake City Utah Olympic Oval5000 m relay6:39.715
15 November 20142014–15 ISU World Cup, Montreal Maurice Richard Arena500 m40.720
13 March 20152015 World Championships, Moscow Ice Palace Krylatskoye500 m41.032
15 March 20152015 World Championships, Moscow Ice Palace Krylatskoye3000 m5:06.093
15 March 20152015 World Championships, Moscow Ice Palace Krylatskoye5000 m relay41.032
15 March 20152015 World Championships, Moscow Ice Palace KrylatskoyeOverall55 points
22 February 20182018 Winter Olympics, Pyeongchang Gangneung Ice Arena500 m39.584 Former WR
22 February 20182018 Winter Olympics, Pyeongchang Gangneung Ice Arena5000 m relay6:32.035
5 February 20222022 Winter Olympics, Beijing Capital Indoor Stadium2000 m mixed relay2:37.348

References
  1. "Wu Dajing". sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  2. "Wu Dajing dominates the field in the 500m win". nbcolympics.com. 22 February 2018. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. "Asian Winter Games opens, China wins 2 medals". www.english.cri.cn/. China Radio International. 19 February 2017. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
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