Zhang Dan

Zhang Dan's story is one I can't separate from that 2006 Olympic moment. The Harbin-born pair skater, with partner Zhang Hao, took silver in Turin, and the courage it took to compete at that level has always stuck with me. Beyond the headline, the body of work is deep: four World medals from 2005 through 2009 and back-to-back Four Continents titles in 2005 and 2010. That is a long stretch of elite consistency in a brutally demanding discipline. She retired in 2012, but the combination of toughness and artistry she brought to pairs skating is exactly the kind of competitor I admire.

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Name (English)

Zhang Dan

Name (Japanese)

張丹

Reading

ちょう・たん

Born

October 4, 1985 (age 41)

Origin

Harbin, People's Republic of China

Height

169.5 cm

Occupation

figure skater

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Ox

• Official sitehttp://zhdanzhhao.sports.cn
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang%20Dan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%B5%E4%B8%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q197171

Tags

• figure skater

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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