Wang Qiang (cross-country skier)

Wang Qiang
nation	People's Republic of China
birthday	23rd April 1993 (age 27)
Career
status	active
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup November 24, 2017  Overall World Cup 105th ( 2019/20 )  Sprint World Cup 65th (2019/20)
Placements in the marathon or Worldloppet Cup
Debut in the Cup 4th January 2019  Worldloppet Cup victories 1 ( details )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Single race 1 0 0
last change: March 25, 2020

Wang Qiang ( Chinese  王强 , Pinyin Wáng Qiáng ; born April 23, 1993 ) is a Chinese cross-country skier .

Career

Wang has been participating mainly in FIS races since 2010 . His best placings at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo were fifth in the sprint and fourth in the relay. In November 2017, he started the World Cup in Ruka for the first time and achieved 112th place in the sprint and 104th place over 15 km classic. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , he finished 66th in the sprint, 59th in the 50km mass start race and 27th in the team sprint with Sun Qinghai . At the beginning of January 2019 he won the Vasaloppet China over 50 km classic. His best placings at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 in Seefeld in Tirol were 28th place in the sprint and 13th place in the relay. In the 2019/20 season he scored his first World Cup points in Davos with 25th place in the sprint and in Planica with 17th place in the sprint.

successes

Victories in Worldloppet Cup races

No.	date	place	run	discipline
1.	4th January 2019	Changchun	Vasaloppet China	50 km classic mass start

Victories in roller ski world cup races

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	6th July 2019	Beijing	20 km freestyle mass start

Web links

• Wang Qiang in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the Winter Asian Games 2017

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