Gong Jinjie

In this Chinese name, the family name is Gong.

Gong Jinjie (Chinese: 宫金杰; pinyin: Gōng Jīnjié, born 12 November 1986) is a Chinese professional track cyclist, a member of the provincial Jilin Team since 2002 and the Chinese National Team since 2005. Her coaches include Yongqing Wang (王永庆) and Sean Eadie.

Gong Jinjie

Personal information
Born	(1986-11-12) 12 November 1986 (age 38)
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprint
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team sprint 2012 London Team sprint World Championships 2015 Yvelines Team sprint 2008 Manchester Team sprint 2010 Ballerup Team sprint 2013 Minsk Team sprint 2013 Minsk Keirin 2016 London Team sprint 2011 Apeldoorn Team sprint 2012 Melbourne Team sprint Asian Games 2006 Doha Sprint Summer Universiade 2011 Shenzhen 500 m time trial

Career

Gong competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She and Guo Shuang set a world record of 32.447 seconds in the qualification round of the team sprint event, which they then improved upon with 32.422 in the next round.^[1] They went on to finish first in the final against the German team, but were disqualified for an alleged "early relay", and were relegated to the silver medal instead.^[2] Gong and Guo's coach Daniel Morelon maintains that the pair were "robbed" of the gold medal, and described it as an "injustice". He complained that the judges refused to provide a "video footage of the race on slow motion", and only provided a "vague explanation" for the infringement they had allegedly committed.^[3]

Gong competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She and Zhong Tianshi set a world record of 31.928 seconds in the qualification round of the team sprint event, and won China's first ever Olympics Cycling gold medal in the final by beating the Russian team.^[4]

Career highlights

Date	Placing	Event	Competition	Location	Country
13 December 2006		Sprint	Asian Games	Doha	Qatar
20 January 2008	3	Keirin	World Cup	Los Angeles	United States
16 February 2008	1	500 m time trial	World Cup	Ballerup	Denmark
27 March 2008		Team sprint[N 1]	World Championships	Manchester	United Kingdom
1 November 2008	2	500 m time trial	World Cup	Manchester	United Kingdom
2 November 2008	3	Keirin	World Cup	Manchester	United Kingdom
22 November 2008	2	500 m time trial	World Cup	Melbourne	Australia
17 January 2009	2	500 m time trial	World Cup	Beijing	China
17 January 2009	3	Team sprint[N 1]	World Cup	Beijing	China
20 November 2009	1	Team sprint[N 2]	World Cup	Melbourne	Australia
23 January 2010	2	500 m time trial	World Cup	Beijing	China
23 January 2010	1	Team sprint[N 2]	World Cup	Beijing	China
25 March 2010		Team sprint[N 2]	World Championships	Ballerup	Denmark
2 December 2010	1	Team sprint[N 3]	World Cup	Melbourne	Australia
21 January 2011	1	Team sprint[N 2]	World Cup	Beijing	China
18 February 2011	2	Team sprint[N 3]	World Cup	Manchester	United Kingdom
24 March 2011		Team sprint[N 3]	World Championships	Apeldoorn	Netherlands
2 August 2012		Team sprint[N 3]	Olympic Games	London	United Kingdom

2014

1st Team Sprint, Asian Games (with Zhong Tianshi)

2015

GP von Deutschland im Sprint

1st Team Sprint (with Zhong Tianshi)

3rd Sprint

2016

1st Team Sprint, Asian Track Championships (with Zhong Tianshi)

1. The other rider on the team was Zheng Lulu
2. The other rider on the team was Lin Junhong
3. The other rider on the team was Guo Shuang

References

1. "Cycling – China set world record, Britain out". Reuters. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
2. "Chinese women's sprint cycling team disqualified for lane change; Germany wins Olympic gold". The Washington Post. 2 August 2012. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
3. "Chinese cycling coach says women's sprint team 'robbed' of gold". CBC News. CBC. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
4. "China wins first cycling Olympic gold at Rio Olympics". People's Daily. Xinhua News Agency. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

External links

• Gong Jinjie at Cycling Archives (archived)