Chen Lu (figure skater)

Chen Lu
Personal information
Country represented	China
Born	(1976-11-24) 24 November 1976 (age 40)
Residence	Changchun, Jilin
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Retired	1998
Medal record Ladies' figure skating Representing  China Olympic Games 1994 Lillehammer Singles 1998 Nagano Singles World Championships 1995 Birmingham Singles 1996 Edmonton Singles 1992 Oakland Singles 1993 Prague Singles Asian Winter Games 1996 Harbin Singles World Junior Championships 1991 Budapest Singles 1992 Hull Singles

Chen Lu (simplified Chinese: 陈露; traditional Chinese: 陳露; pinyin: Chén Lù) (born 24 November 1976) is a Chinese figure skater. She is the 1994 and 1998 Olympic bronze medalist and the 1995 World Champion. Chen won the first ever Olympic medal in figure skating for China.

Chen was born in Changchun, China in 1976, the daughter of an ice hockey coach and a table tennis player. She was one of the most decorated figure skaters of the 1990s winning two Olympic medals, four World medals, and nine national titles. Her success brought attention to Chinese figure skating and spurred more Chinese success.

As a young skater in the early 1990s, Chen demonstrated both athletic and artistic potential. She often out-jumped many of her contemporaries and the world's top figure skaters, including Kristi Yamaguchi, Midori Ito, Tonya Harding, Surya Bonaly, and Nancy Kerrigan. She landed seven triple jumps, including a triple toeloop/triple toeloop combination at the 1991 World Championships held in [Munich], Germany. During the free skating portion of the event, she landed more triple jumps than the top 5 finishers. This generated excitement about her prospects at a time when triple jumps were beginning to dominate women's figure skating, while Chen's artistic talents were praised by such American commentators as Scott Hamilton and Sandra Bezic.

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