Top 16 highest-earning Chinese athletes of 2010
- By Lin Liyao China.org.cn, March 3, 2011
Zhou Yang, speed skater
2010 earning: 7.2 million yuan (US$1.1 million)
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Born in 1991, Zhou Yang is a famous female short-track speed skater and the youngest Winter Olympics gold medalist. [ciomp. cas.cn] |
![Born in 1991, Zhou Yang is a famous female short-track speed skater and the youngest Winter Olympics gold medalist. [ciomp. cas. cn]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20110303/001372a9ae050ed93fc717.jpg "Born in 1991, Zhou Yang is a famous female short-track speed skater and the youngest Winter Olympics gold medalist. [ciomp. cas. cn]")
In 2010 Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the 1, 500-meter event and became the world and Olympic record holder for this distance. Following, the victory, she added another gold medal in the 3, 000-meter relay competition.