Han Yueshuang

Han Yueshuang
nation	Hong Kong
birthday	November 6, 1982
place of birth	Jilin, PR China
size	175 cm
Weight	54 kg
Career
National squad	since 2001
status	resigned
End of career	2010
Placements in the Short Track World Cup
Debut in the World Cup September 21, 2001
last change: February 5, 2012

Han Yueshuang ( Chinese  韓 月 雙 , Pinyin Hán Yuèshuāng , born November 6, 1982 in Jilin , China ) is a former short tracker from Hong Kong . She took part in two Olympic Games .

In September 2001 Han Yueshuang made her debut in Changchun in the World Cup, reaching the semifinals over 1500 m. Two years later she started in Warsaw for the first time at the World Cup . There she was eliminated in her preliminary stages. Han Yueshuang got further missions in the national team in the 2004/05 season . She started at the two World Cups in Asia and reached the quarter-finals as the best result in a 1000 m race. At the World Championships in Beijing , she was eliminated after the heats. In the following 2005/06 season , Han took part in all four World Cups and was able to reach two quarter-finals over 1500 m. She qualified for the Olympic Games in Turin , where she started over all three distances, but was eliminated in the preliminary stages.

In the 2006/07 season , Han only took part in the two World Cups in Asia, but without reaching the final rounds. In the following two years, Han only started in a few international races, but took part in the 2008 World Championships in Gangneung and 2009 in Vienna , without being able to survive preliminary runs. In the 2009/10 season , Han started again in all four World Cups and reached the quarter-finals as the best result over 1500 m. She initially missed qualifying for the Olympic Games in Vancouver . But since her teammate Wang Xinyue , who had previously qualified, was not allowed to start due to a missing passport, Han Yueshuang took part in the Olympic competitions as a replacement. She started again over all three distances, but was eliminated again in her heats.

Han Yueshuang was the only participant from Hong Kong at both Olympic Games and also carried the flag at the opening ceremony.

Web links

• Han Yueshuang in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Results overview (until 2007 )
• Portrait on www.isu.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2010 Winter Olympics: Short track speed skating is 'lonely' for Han Yueshuang. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 12, 2011 ; accessed on February 5, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Han is the family name here, Yueshuang is the first name.