Yan Wengang

Yan Wengang

Yan Wen'gang in 2020
Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1997-07-01) 1 July 1997 (age 27) Wuqing County, Tianjin, China
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Skeleton
Medal record Men's skeleton Representing  China Olympic Games 2022 Beijing Men

Yan Wengang (Chinese: 闫文港, born 1 July 1997) is a Chinese skeleton racer who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Career

Yan represented China at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the men's skeleton event and won a bronze medal.[1][2] This was China's first ever medal in a sliding sport at the Olympics.[3][4]

References

1. "Yan Wengang". ibsf.org. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
2. "Yan Wengang". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
3. Abrams, Jonathan (11 February 2022). "Yan Wengang wins bronze in men's skeleton, China's first medal in a sliding sport". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
4. Bell, Josh (11 February 2022). "Winter Olympics: historic first sliding medal for China on day seven". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 11 February 2022.