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Shen Xue

Shen Xue
Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo.jpg
Shen and Zhao in 2009
Personal information
Full name Shen Xue
Country represented  China
Born (1978-11-13) November 13, 1978 (age 38)
Harbin, Heilongjiang
Home town Harbin
Residence Shenzhen, Guangdong
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Partner Zhao Hongbo
Coach Yao Bin
Former coach Sun Zhiping
Sun Yu
Q. Wang
Choreographer Lori Nichol
Former choreographer Sandra Bezic
Lea Ann Miller
Michael Seibert
Skating club Harbin Skating Club
Retired February 17, 2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 216.57
2010 Winter Olympics
Short program 76.66
2010 Winter Olympics
Free skate 139.91
2010 Winter Olympics
Olympic medal record
Representing  China
Pair's Figure skating
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City Pairs

Shen Xue (Chinese: 申雪; pinyin: Shēn Xuě; born November 13, 1978) is a female Chinese pair skater. With her partner and husband Zhao Hongbo, Shen is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2002 & 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, a three-time (2002, 2003 & 2007) World champion, a three-time (1999, 2003 & 2007) Four Continents Champion and a six-time (1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006 & 2009) Grand Prix Final champion.

Shen and Zhao were the first Chinese pair team to win a medal at an International Skating Union event and at the World Figure Skating Championships. In 2002, they became the first Chinese pair skating team to win a World Championship. They are also the first Chinese pair skaters to win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games. In 2010, they became the first Chinese skaters to win the gold medal at a Winter Olympic Games in any figure skating category, ending almost half a century of Russian and Soviet pair skating dominance.

Shen was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China. Shen and Zhao announced their engagement after the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships. They were married shortly after.

Shen and Zhao are the parents of a daughter, born 3 September 2013.


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