Zhao Hongbo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Zhao Hongbo

Chinese pair skater

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1973

Place of Birth: Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Profession: figure skater, figure skating coach

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Zhao Hongbo (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Zhào Hóngbó; born 22 September 1973) is a Chinese pair skater.
With his partner and wife Shen Xue, Zhao is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2002 & 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, a three-time World champion (2002, 2003 & 2007), a three-time Four Continents Champion (1999, 2003 & 2007) and a six-time Grand Prix Final champion (1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006 & 2009). Shen and Zhao were the first Chinese pair team to win a medal at an International Skating Union event and at the World Figure Skating Championships.
In 2002, they became the first Chinese pair skating team to win a World Championship.
They are also the first Chinese pair skaters to win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.
In 2010, they were the first Chinese skaters to win the gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games in any figure skating category, ending almost half a century of Russian and Soviet pair skating dominance.