Zhang Yan (table tennis)

Zhang Yan
Zhang at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Born (1967-07-25) July 25, 1967
Xinxiang, Henan, China
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed penhold
Disability class4
Highest ranking2 (July 2007)
Current ranking7 (February 2020)
Medal record
Men's para table tennis
Representing  China
Paralympic Games
2004 AthensSingles C4
2012 LondonTeams C4–5
2008 BeijingTeams C4–5
2012 LondonSingles C4
2004 AthensTeams C4
World Championships
2006 MontreuxTeams C4
2014 BeijingTeams C5
2018 LaškoSingles C4
Asian Para Games
2014 IncheonTeams C5
2010 GuangzhouTeams C4–5
2018 JakartaTeams C4–5
2010 GuangzhouSingles C4
2014 IncheonSingles C4
2018 JakartaSingles C4
FESPIC Games
2002 BusanSingles C4
2002 BusanTeams C4
Asian Championships
2007 SeoulTeams C4
2009 AmmanOpen singles in wheelchair
2009 AmmanTeams C4
2015 AmmanTeams C5
2005 Kuala LumpurTeams C4
2011 Hong KongTeams C4
2013 BeijingTeams C4
2015 AmmanSingles C4
2017 BeijingTeams C4
2005 Kuala LumpurSingles C4
2011 Hong KongSingles C4
2013 BeijingSingles C4
2017 BeijingSingles C4
2019 TaichungSingles C4
2019 TaichungTeams C4
FESPIC Championships
2003 ShanghaiSingles C4
2003 ShanghaiTeams C4
Zhang Yan
Traditional Chinese張岩
Simplified Chinese张岩
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Yán

Zhang Yan (Chinese: 张岩, born 25 July 1967) is a Chinese para table tennis player. He has won five medals from three Paralympic Games (2004, 2008, and 2012).

As a child, Zhang displayed special talent in table tennis, and he was selected to the Zhengzhou youth team, living away from home, when he was just eight years old. When he was ten years old, he had an acute onset of rheumatoid arthritis, which slowly debilitated him.

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