Yu Jing

Yu Jing

Personal information
Born	(1985-05-29) 29 May 1985 (age 39)
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record World Sprint Championships 2012 Calgary Sprint 2014 Nagano Sprint 2009 Moscow Sprint World Single Distance Championships 2012 Heerenveen 500 m 2012 Heerenveen 1000 m 2017 Gangneung 500 m Asian Winter Games 2011 Astana 500 m Winter Universiade 2009 Harbin 100 m 2009 Harbin 500 m 2009 Harbin 1000 m 2007 Turin 500 m

Yu Jing (Chinese: 于静; pinyin: Yú Jìng; Mandarin pronunciation: [y̌ tɕîŋ]; born 29 May 1985) is a Chinese long-track speed-skater who specializes in the sprint distances. She became the World Sprint Champion in 2012, setting world records in both the sprint combination and the 500 metres. She held the world record in the sprint combination until Heather Richardson bettered it in January 2013,^[1] and the world record in 500 metres until Lee Sang-hwa broke it in November 2013.^[2] The time, 36.94 seconds, was the Chinese record until broken by Wang Beixing in November 2013.^[3]