Li Jiajun

Medal record
Short track speed skating
Olympic Games
Silver 1998 Nagano 1000m
Silver 2002 Salt Lake City 1500m
Bronze 2006 Turin 1500m
Bronze 1998 Nagano 5000m relay
Bronze 2002 Salt Lake City 5000m relay
World Championships
Gold 2003 Warsaw 500 m
Gold 2003 Warsaw 1000 m
Gold 2001 Jeonju Overall
Gold 2001 Jeonju 500 m
Gold 2001 Jeonju 1000 m
Gold 2000 Sheffield 1000 m
Gold 2000 Sheffield 5000m relay
Gold 1999 Sofia Overall
Gold 1999 Sofia 500 m
Gold 1999 Sofia 3000 m
Gold 1999 Sofia 5000m relay
Gold 1996 The Hague 1000 m
Gold 2002 Milwaukee Team
Gold 1999 St. Louis Team
Silver 2004 Gothenburg 1000 m
Silver 2004 Gothenburg 5000m relay
Silver 2003 Warsaw Overall
Silver 2000 Sheffield 3000 m
Silver 2001 Nobeyama Team
Bronze 2005 Beijing 1000 m
Bronze 2004 Gothenburg Overall
Bronze 2003 Warsaw 5000m relay
Bronze 2001 Jeonju 5000m relay
Bronze 2000 Sheffield Overall
Bronze 1999 Sofia 1500 m
Bronze 1998 Vienna 5000m relay
Bronze 1996 The Hague Overall
Bronze 2005 Budapest Team
Bronze 2003 Chuncheon Team
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Li.

Li Jiajun (simplified Chinese: 李佳军; traditional Chinese: 李佳軍; pinyin: Lǐ Jiajūn; born October 15, 1975 in Changchun, Jilin) is a Chinese short track speed skater who has won 5 Olympic medals - two silver and three bronze.[1] He has been a two-time Overall World Champion for 1999 and 2001.

In 1998 Winter Olympics, he led for much of the way during the final race of the 1000m, but was edged out at the finish-line by Korea's Kim Dong-Sung, to win a silver medal. He also won a bronze medal in 5000m relay.

He participated in the 2002 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City, making the finals of the 1000 meter short course event but failed to win a medal after being disqualified following a collision with Apolo Ohno, which caused Ahn Hyun-Soo and Mathieu Turcotte to also fall and allowed Australian Steve Bradbury to claim the gold medal.[2]

During the opening ceremony of the 2007 Asian Winter Games, Li was given the honour to light the torch. As of August 18, 2006, he has officially retired from short track speedskating. According to Li, he will go to study in Canada later this year and continue his work as the assistant coach for the national team.[3]

References

  1. ^ Olympic results
  2. ^ Short Track Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games:Men's 1,000 metres
  3. ^ Veteran skaters bid farewell to ice rink

1976: Alan Rattray • 1977: Gaétan Boucher • 1978: James Lynch • 1979: Hiroshi Toda • 1980: Gaétan Boucher • 1981: Benoît Baril • 1982: Guy Daignault • 1983: Louis Grenier • 1984: Guy Daignault • 1985: Toshinobu Kawai • 1986: Tatsuyoshi Ishihara • 1987: Michel Daignault/Toshinobu Kawai • 1988: Peter van der Velde • 1989: Michel Daignault • 1990: Lee Joon-Ho • 1991: Wilf O'Reilly • 1992: Kim Ki-hoon • 1993–1994: Marc Gagnon • 1995: Chae Ji-Hoon • 1996: Marc Gagnon • 1997: Kim Dong-Sung • 1998: Marc Gagnon • 1999: Li Jiajun • 2000: Min Ryoung • 2001: Li JiaJun • 2002: Kim Dong-Sung • 2003–2007: Ahn Hyun-Soo • 2008: Apolo Ohno • 2009–2010: Lee Ho-Suk • 2011: Noh Jin-Kyu
Men's Overall Champions
1997–98: Li Jiajun • 1998–99: Li Jiajun • 1999–2000: Kim Dong-Sung • 2000–01: Apolo Ohno • 2001–02: Kim Dong-Sung • 2002–03: Apolo Ohno • 2003–04: Ahn Hyun-Soo • 2004–05: Apolo Ohno • 2005–06: Ahn Hyun-Soo • 2006–07: Tyson Heung • 2007–08: Lee Ho-Suk • 2008–09: Sung Si-Bak • 2009–10: Lee Jung-Su • 2010–11: Thibaut Fauconnet
Women's Overall Champions
1997-98: Chun Lee-Kyung • 1998–99: Yang Yang (A) • 1999–2000: Yang Yang (A) • 2000–01: Yang Yang (A) • 2001–02: Yang Yang (A) • 2002–03: Tyan Yu Fu • 2003–04: Choi Eun-Kyung • 2004–05: Wang Meng • 2005–06: Jin Sun-Yu • 2006–07: Byun Chun-Sa • 2007–08: Jin Sun-Yu • 2008–09: Wang Meng • 2009–10: Wang Meng • 2010–11: Katherine Reutter
Seasons
1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–00 • 2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10  • 2010–11 • 2011–12