Dan Zhang

Zhang Dan
Zhang and Zhang in 2009.
Personal information
Full name	Zhang Dan
Country represented	China
Born	(1985-10-04) October 4, 1985 (age 31) or (1987-10-04) October 4, 1987 (age 29) (see also Age controversy below) Harbin
Height	1.695 m (5 ft 7 in)
Former partner	Zhang Hao
Former coach	Yao Bin Chen Xiaofei Huan Bing Sun Lu
Former choreographer	Lori Nichol Marina Zueva Igor Shpilband Renée Roca
Skating club	Harbin Skating Club
Began skating	1992
Retired	May 2012
Season's bests	10 (2011–2012) 6 (2009–2010) 3 (2008–2009)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	197.82 2008 World Championships
Short program	74.36 2008 World Championships
Free skate	126.58 2010 World Championships
Medal record Representing  China Pairs' Figure skating Olympic Games 2006 Turin Pairs World Championships 2009 Los Angeles Pairs 2008 Gothenburg Pairs 2006 Calgary Pairs 2005 Moscow Pairs Four Continents Championships 2010 Jeonju Pairs 2009 Vancouver Pairs 2008 Goyang Pairs 2005 Gangneung Pairs 2004 Hamilton Pairs 2003 Beijing Pairs 2002 Jeonju Pairs Grand Prix Final 2008–2009 Goyang Pairs 2007–2008 Turin Pairs 2006–2007 St. Petersburg Pairs 2005–2006 Tokyo Pairs World Junior Championships 2003 Ostrava Pairs 2001 Sofia Pairs Junior Grand Prix Final 2001–2002 Bled Pairs 2000–2001 Ayr Pairs

Olympic medal record
Representing  China
Pairs Figure skating
	2006 Turin	Pairs

Zhang Dan (simplified Chinese: 张丹; traditional Chinese: 張丹; pinyin: Zhāng Dān; born October 4, 1985 in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China) is a Chinese pair skater. With Zhang Hao, she is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a four-time (2005 bronze, 2006, 2008, 2009 silver) World medalist, and a two-time (2005, 2010) Four Continents champion. Zhang Dan retired from competition in May 2012.

The unrelated Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao teamed up in 1997. In 1998–99 Junior Grand Prix (JGP), the pair competed in one event and won the gold medal. They continued the season with a bronze medal at the 1999 Chinese National Championships. The following season, they competed in two 1999–2000 JGP events, medaling in both. They qualified for the final, where they finished fifth. That year, they were second at nationals and finished fourth at Junior Worlds.

The following three seasons, they were very successful at the junior level. They won all their Junior Grand Prix events, including the 2000–01 JGP Final and the 2001–02 JGP Final. They also competed in the 2001 Junior Worlds and the 2003 Junior Worlds, winning gold both times. At the Chinese National Championships, they placed third in both 2001 and 2002, before winning their first national title in 2003. Their first senior international was the 2002 Four Continents Championships, where they won the bronze medal. The same season they competed in the 2002 Olympics, placing 11th, and the 2002 Worlds, placing 9th. The following season they competed in their first two senior Grand Prix events, placing fourth at both events. They repeated with a bronze medal at the 2003 Four Continents Championships and improved their placement at the 2003 Worlds, finishing sixth.