He also competed in 2013 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships one year later in Warsaw, Poland.

During the ISU competitions in 2013–2014 season, he showed a lot of improvements and was selected as a competitor in 2014 winter olympic games in Sochi.

[citation needed] On 10 February 2014, Han went on the ice for men's 1500 meters in Winter Olympic Game.

[citation needed] On March 12, 2016, Han Tianyu won men's 1500 meters gold medal in World Short Track Speed Skating Championships held in Seoul, which made him the first male Chinese skater to win gold medal in World Championships in 1500m.

Han became the second skater who won World Championships Men's overall gold medal in Chinese history (after Li Jiajun).