Who is the China athlete who won the first gold medal in the Winter Olympics?

The China athlete who won the first gold medal in the Winter Olympics was Yang Yang. On February 6th, 2002, China athlete Yang Yang took the lead in the women's 500-meter final of the 9th Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City, USA, and finally won the championship with a score of 44 seconds 187, thus achieving a breakthrough in the gold medal of the China Winter Olympics and becoming the first gold medal winner since China first participated in the Winter Olympics in 1980.

The Rise of Yang Yang

Yang Yang, 1975, was born in Tangyuan County, Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province on August 24th. He is a world champion and an Olympic champion. She is a former athlete of China women's short track speed skating team. Seeing the child so quiet, Yang's mother nicknamed Yang Bing Xin, which means calm as ice. Naughty and stubborn, Yang Yang has an innate talent and love for skating since he was a child. At the age of eight, Yang Yang was an amateur in his hometown.