Dilnigar Ilhamjan
Dinigeer at the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2020 in Dresden | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Native name | دىلنىگار ئىلھامجان (Dilnigar Ilhamjan) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 3, 2001 Altay City, Xinjiang, China | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Cross-country skiing | |||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dilnigar Ilhamjan (Uyghur: دىلنىگار ئىلھامجان), also pronounced in Mandarin as Dinigeer Yilamujiang (Chinese: 迪妮格尔·衣拉木江; born May 3, 2001), is a Chinese cross-country skier of Uyghur ethnicity, born in Altay, Xinjiang. She is the first Chinese cross-country skier to win a medal in an FIS event. She made her maiden Olympic appearance during the 2022 Winter Olympics, where she was one of the two last torch bearers.
Ilhamjan also served as a representative to the 19th Communist Youth League Congress.