Li Yan (speed skater), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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short track speed skater
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Place of Birth: Dalian, Liaoning, China
About Li Yan (speed skater)
- Li Yan (Chinese: ??; pinyin: Li Yan; Mandarin pronunciation: [lì j?`n]; born September 8, 1968) is a Chinese Short track speed skating coach and also a retired skater.
- She competed in the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics for China.
- She has coached for Slovakia, for a short time the Club USSV in Vienna and the United States.
- After the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, she came back to China and became the head coach of Chinese national short track speed skating team.
- In 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympic Games, her team won 6 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medals in total.
- In May 16, 2014, a press release provided by the Chinese Skating Association announced that "Li would remain as the head coach of the Chinese short track team until the Pyeongchang Games".
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