{{short description|Chinese speed skater}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2010}} {{family name hatnote|Ye|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox speed skater | image = Ye Qiaobo.JPG | caption = Ye in an unknown date | headercolor = lightsteelblue | birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|June 3, 1964}} | birth_place = Changchun, Jilin | country = {{CHN}} | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Competition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalSilver | 1992 Albertville | 500 m }} {{MedalSilver | 1992 Albertville | 1000 m }} {{MedalBronze | 1994 Lillehammer | 1000 m }} {{MedalCompetition | Asian Winter Games }} {{MedalSilver | 1990 Sapporo | 1000 m }} {{MedalBronze | 1986 Sapporo | 500 m }} {{MedalBronze | 1986 Sapporo | 1500 m }} }} {{Infobox Chinese | title=Ye Qiaobo | s=叶乔波 | t=葉喬波 | showflag=stp | p=Yè Qiáobō | w=Yeh Ch'iao-po | mi={{IPAc-cmn|ye|4|-|q|iao|2|b|o|1}} }}
'''Ye Qiaobo''' (born June 3, 1964) is a Chinese speed skater. She was born in Changchun, Jilin. She competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and in the 1994 Winter Olympics.
In the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Ye tested positive for steroids and was banned from international competition for 15 months. She maintained that she had followed the instructions of the team physician, but was nonetheless reviled in the Chinese press for bringing disgrace to her country and family. Officials later admitted that the team physician bore responsibility.<ref name="WiWH">{{cite book|editor1-last=Commire|editor1-first=Anne|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|date=2002|publisher=Yorkin Publications|location=Waterford, Connecticut|isbn=0-7876-4074-3|chapter=Ye Qiaobo|volume=2|page=599}}</ref>
In 1992, she competed against U.S. speed skater Bonnie Blair and won the silver medal in the 500 metres event with a time of 40.51. She also won a silver medal in the 1000 metres competition. Her silver in the 500m was the first medal for a Chinese athlete at the Winter Olympics.<ref name="WiWH"/> Two years later she won the bronze medal in the 1000 metres contest and finished 13th in the 500 metres event. She was the winner for World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1992 and 1993.
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==External links== *{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ye/ye-qiaobo-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162349/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ye/ye-qiaobo-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17}} *[http://sports.sina.com.cn/star/ye_qiaobo/ Biography of Ye Qiaobo] {{in lang|zh}}
{{Footer World Sprint champions Speed Skating Women}}
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