Chinese short track speed skaterOlympic Games 1998 Nagano 1000m 2002 Salt Lake City 1500m 1998 Nagano 5000m relay 2002 Salt Lake City 5000m relay 2006 Turin 1500mWorld Championships 1996 The Hague 1000 m 1999 Sofia Overall 1999 Sofia 500 m 1999 Sofia 3000 m 1999 Sofia 5000m relay 2000 Sheffield 1000 m 2000 Sheffield5000m relay 2001 Jeonju Overall 2001 Jeonju 500 m 2001 Jeonju 1000 m 2003 Warsaw 500 m 2003 Warsaw 1000 m 2000 Sheffield 3000 m 2003 Warsaw Overall 2004 Gothenburg 1000 m 2004 Gothenburg 5000m relay 1998 Vienna 5000m relay 1999 Sofia 1500 m 2000 Sheffield Overall 2001 Jeonju 5000m relay 2003 Warsaw 5000m relay 2004 Gothenburg Overall 2005 Beijing 1000 mWorld Team Championships 1999 St. Louis Team 2002 Milwaukee Team 2001 Nobeyama Team 2003 Chuncheon Team 2005 Budapest TeamAsian Winter Games 1996 Harbin 500 m 1996 Harbin 1500 mIn this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

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

Biography

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 Steven Bradbury to claim the gold medal.

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 officially retired from short track speedskating. According to Li, he went to study in Canada later that year and continued his work as the *istant coach for the national team.

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