Zhang Dan
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Figure Skating | |||
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| Silver | 2006 Turin | Pairs | |
- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.
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| Personal Info | ||
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| Country: |  People's Republic of China |
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| Residence: | Harbin, China (PRC) | |
| Height: | 162 cm | |
| Partner: | Zhang Hao | |
| Coach: | Yao Bin | |
| Skating Club: | Harbin SC | |
| ISU Personal Best Scores | ||
| Short + Free Total: | 190.97 | 2006 Skate Canada Int. |
| Short Program: | 69.54 | 2006 Skate Canada Int. |
| Free Skate: | 125.01 | XX Olympic Winter Games 2006 |
Zhang Dan (Simplified Chinese: 张丹; Traditional Chinese: 張丹; pinyin: Zhāng Dān; born October 4, 1985 in Harbin, China) is a Chinese figure skater.
She won the bronze medal in pairs at the 2005 World Figure Skating Championships with partner Zhang Hao. She and her partner (who are unrelated) have twice won the World Junior title.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics, they won a silver medal despite a bad fall for her in which she injured her knee, after which she decided to continue the program despite being in continued pain. A doctor in the Chinese delegation later confirmed the injury to Zhang as a ligament strain in her left knee. The pair were attempting a throw quadruple salchow, when Zhang Dan fell and crashed into the sideboards. With Zhang Hao's help, they managed to make it to their coach. When asked, Zhang Dan said she wanted to carry on and the event referee gave the 'go-ahead'. The pair then went on astonishingly to win the silver medal. The pair started off strong in the next season by winning the gold medal at Skate Canada, the silver at NHK Trophy, and qualifying for the Grand Prix Final.
Zhang and Zhang are coached by Yao Bin.
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[edit] Competitive highlights
(with Zhang)
| Event | 1999-2000 | 2000-2001 | 2001-2002 | 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 11th | 2nd | ||||||
| World Championships | 9th | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | ||
| Four Continents | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | ||||
| Chinese Championships | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | |||
| Grand Prix Final | 6th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| Skate America | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | ||||
| Skate Canada Int. | 1st | |||||||
| Cup of China | 2nd | |||||||
| Trophée Lalique | 4th | 1st | ||||||
| Cup of Russia | 3rd | 1st | ||||||
| NHK Trophy | 1st | 2nd | ||||||
| Winter Universiade | 1st | 1st | ||||||
| World Junior Championships | 4th | 1st | 1st | |||||
| Junior Grand Prix Final | 5th | 1st | 1st | |||||
| JGP China | 1st | 1st | ||||||
| JGP Italy | 1st | |||||||
| JGP Sweden | 1st | |||||||
| JGP Norway | 1st | |||||||
| JGP Japan | 1st | |||||||
| JGP Canada | 2nd |
[edit] See also
- Zhang Hao
- Figure skating
- List of Olympic medalists in figure skating
- World Figure Skating Championships
[edit] External links
[edit] Navigation
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1999: Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo | 2000-2001: Jamie Salé & David Pelletier | 2002: Pang Qing & Tong Jian | 2003: Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo | 2004: Pang Qing & Tong Jian | 2005: Zhang Dan & Zhang Hao | 2006: Rena Inoue & John Baldwin | 2007: Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo |
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1997-1998: Yulia Obertas & Dmitriy Palamarchuk | 1999: Aliona Savchenko & Stanislav Morozov | 2000-2001: Zhang Dan & Zhang Hao | 2002: Ding Yang & Ren Zhongfei | 2003: Jessica Dubé & Bryce Davison | 2004: Maria Mukhortova & Maxim Trankov | 2005: Valeria Simakova & Anton Tokarev | 2006: Keauna McLaughlin & Rockne Brubaker |
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