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Chen Yan (born 1981)

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Full nameChen Yan
NationalityPeople%27s Republic of China
Strokesindividual medley
Birth dateMarch 27, 1981(age 29)
Birth placeDalian, Liaoning

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Chen Yan ( ; 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. 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. Not to be confused with Chen Yan (b. 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 a coach at Punahou Aquatics Institute .

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Pueblo en linea--Si ellos no han identificado el crimen, no tienen ningún derecho a emitir una orden de detención,” según -Chen-. -Yan- Bing, veterano reportero del Diario del ... - Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:19:46 GMT+00:00

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

Medal Record
Women's Swimming
World Championships (LC)
Gold1998 Perth400m freestyle
Gold1998 Perth400m medley
Silver1998 Perth200m medley
World Championships (SC)
Gold1997 Gothenburg4x200m freestyle
Asian Games
Silver1998 Bangkok200m medley
Bronze1998 Bangkok400m medley


World Long Course Champions in Women's 400 m Freestyle

1973: Heather Greenwood (USA) * 1975: Shirley Babashoff (USA) * 1978: Tracey Wickham (AUS) * 1982: Carmela Schmidt (USA) * 1986: Heike Friedrich (GDR) * 1991: Janet Evans (USA) * 1994: Ahiua Yang (CHN) * 1998: Chen Yan (CHN) * 2001: Yana Klochkova (BLR) * 2003: Hannah Stockbauer (GER) * 2005: Laure Manaudou (FRA) * 2007: Laure Manaudou (FRA) * 2009: Federica Pellegrini (ITA)

World Long Course Champions in Women's 400 m Individual Medley

1973: Gudrun Wegner (GDR) * 1975: Ulrike Tauber (GDR) * 1978: Tracy Caulkins (USA) * 1982: Petra Schneider (GDR) * 1986: Kathleen Nord (GDR) * 1991: Lin Li (CHN) * 1994: Guohong Dai (CHN) * 1998: Chen Yan (CHN) * 2001: Yana Klochkova (UKR) * 2003: Yana Klochkova (UKR) * 2005: Katie Hoff (USA) * 2007: Katie Hoff (USA) * 2009: Katinka Hosszú (HUN)

World Short Course Champions in Women's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

1993: China (Shan Ying, Zhou Guanbin, Le Jingyi, Lu Bin) * 1995: Canada (Limpert, Shakespeare, Evanetz, Malar) * 1997: China (Luna Wang, Nian Yin, Chen Yan, Shan Ying) * 1999: Sweden (Lillhage, Jöhncke, Sjöberg, Svahnström) * 2000: Great Britain (Huddart, Jackson, Legg, Pickering) * 2002: China (Xu Yanvei, Zhu Yingwen, Tang Jingzhi, Yang Yu) * 2004: United States (Vollmer, Komisarz, Benko, Sandeno) * 2006: Australia (Barratt, Schipper, Reese, Lenton) * 2008: Netherlands (Dekker, Heemskerk, Veldhuis, Kromowidjojo)



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