Zhang Dan

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Olympic medal record
Figure Skating
Silver	2006 Turin	Pairs

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Dan

Personal Info
Country:	People's Republic of China
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.

Contents 1 Competitive highlights 2 See also 3 External links 4 Navigation

[edit] Competitive highlights

(with Zhang)

Event	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007
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

• Official Website
• Blog
• ISU Biography Page
• 2006 Olympics results
• 2006 World Championships results

[edit] Navigation