Chen Yan (swimmer, born 1981)

Chen Yan

Personal information
Full name	Chen Yan
Nationality	China
Born	(1981-03-27) March 27, 1981 Dalian, Liaoning, China
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Individual medley
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for  China World Championships (LC) Gold 1998 Perth 400 m freestyle Gold 1998 Perth 400 m medley Silver 1998 Perth 200 m medley World Championships (SC) Gold 1997 Gothenburg 4×200 m freestyle Asian Games Silver 1998 Bangkok 200 m medley Bronze 1998 Bangkok 400 m medley

Chen Yan (simplified Chinese: 陈妍; traditional Chinese: 陳妍; pinyin: Chén Yán; born March 27, 1981 in Dalian, Liaoning) is a retired Chinese swimmer. She won Gold medal at 4×200m freestyle at 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships. Later that year at Chinese National Games, she broke world record at 400m individual medley.^[1] She then won 400m individual medley and 400m freestyle at 1998 Perth World Aquatics Championships. She participated in 1996 and 2000 two Olympic Games but did not medal.^[2] Not to be confused with Chen Yan (swimmer, born 1979), she has never tested positive in any drug test.

She started college in China and transferred to UH Manoa in 2002 as a sophomore. She earned her BS in 3 years, and swam on an Athlete Full Scholarship. She has recently completed a Master's degree at UH and has been working in recreation management. She is now the head coach for Punahou Aquatics in Honolulu, HI.^[3]

Personal Bests

In long course

• 400m medley: 4:34.79 World Record (October 13, 1997)
• 400m freestyle: 4:05.00 Asian Record (October 17, 1997)
• 800m freestyle: 8:27.94 Asian Record (October 20, 1997)

References

Records
Preceded by Petra Schneider	Women's 400 metre individual medley world record holder (long course) October 13, 1997 – September 16, 2000	Succeeded by Yana Klochkova