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Place of Birth: Liaoning, China
About Wang Yan (racewalker)
- Wang Yan (Chinese: ??; pinyin: Wáng Yán; born May 3, 1971 in Liaoning) is a Chinese race walker, who won the bronze medal over 10 km at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
- She also won the 1993 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, as well as a silver medal at the 1999 World Championships and a bronze at the 2001 East Asian Games. She was the world record holder for the 20 km walk from 2001 to 2005.
- She held the Asian record for the women's 20 km walk with her best of 1:26:22 hours from 2001 to 2012, until it was beaten by Liu Hong.
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