- Chen Yan (born 1981)
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Chen Yan Personal information Full name Chen Yan Nationality 
ChinaBorn March 27, 1981
Dalian, LiaoningSport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) individual medley Medal recordWomen's Swimming World Championships (LC) Gold 1998 Perth 400m freestyle Gold 1998 Perth 400m medley Silver 1998 Perth 200m medley World Championships (SC) Gold 1997 Gothenburg 4×200m freestyle Asian Games Silver 1998 Bangkok 200m medley Bronze 1998 Bangkok 400m medley Chen Yan (simplified Chinese: 陈妍; traditional Chinese: 陳妍; pinyin: Chén Yán; born March 27, 1981 in Dalian, Liaoning) is a retired Chinese swimmer. She won Gold medal at 4×200m freestyle at 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships. Later that year at Chinese National Games, she broke world record at 400m individual medley.[1] She then won 400m individual medley and 400m freestyle at 1998 Perth World Aquatics Championships. She participated in 1996 and 2000 two Olympic Games but did not medal.[2] Not to be confused with Chen Yan (b. 1979), she has never tested positive in any drug test.
She started college in China and transferred to UH Manoa in 2002 as a sophomore. She earned her BS in 3 years, and swam on an Athlete Full Scholarship. She has recently completed a Master's degree at UH and has been working in recreation management. She is now a coach for Punahou Aquatics in Honolulu, HI. [3]
Personal Bests
In long course
- 400m medley: 4:34.79 World Record (October 13, 1997)
- 400m freestyle: 4:05.00 Asian Record (October 17, 1997)
- 800m freestyle: 8:27.94 Asian Record (October 20, 1997)
References
Records Preceded by
Petra SchneiderWomen's 400 metre individual medley
world record holder (long course)
October 13, 1997 – September 16, 2000Succeeded by
Yana KlochkovaWorld Long Course Champions in Women's 400 m Freestyle 1973: Heather Greenwood (USA) • 1975: Shirley Babashoff (USA) • 1978: Tracey Wickham (AUS) • 1982: Carmela Schmidt (USA) • 1986: Heike Friedrich (GDR) • 1991: Janet Evans (USA) • 1994: Aihua Yang (CHN) • 1998: Chen Yan (CHN) • 2001: Yana Klochkova (UKR) • 2003: Hannah Stockbauer (GER) • 2005: Laure Manaudou (FRA) • 2007: Laure Manaudou (FRA) • 2009: Federica Pellegrini (ITA) • 2011: Federica Pellegrini (ITA)
World Long Course Champions in Women's 400 m Individual Medley 1973: Gudrun Wegner (GDR) • 1975: Ulrike Tauber (GDR) • 1978: Tracy Caulkins (USA) • 1982: Petra Schneider (GDR) • 1986: Kathleen Nord (GDR) • 1991: Lin Li (CHN) • 1994: Guohong Dai (CHN) • 1998: Chen Yan (CHN) • 2001: Yana Klochkova (UKR) • 2003: Yana Klochkova (UKR) • 2005: Katie Hoff (USA) • 2007: Katie Hoff (USA) • 2009: Katinka Hosszú (HUN) • 2011: Elizabeth Beisel (USA)
World Short Course Champions in Women's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay 1993: China (Shan, Zhou, Le, Lü) · 1995: Canada (Limpert, Shakespeare, Evanetz, Malar) · 1997: China (Luna, Nian, Chen, Shan) · 1999: Sweden (Lillhage, Jöhncke, Sjöberg, Svahnström) · 2000: Great Britain (Huddart, Jackson, Legg, Pickering) · 2002: China (Xu, Zhu, Tang, Yang) · 2004: United States (Vollmer, Komisarz, Benko, Sandeno) · 2006: Australia (Barratt, Schipper, Reese, Lenton) · 2008: Netherlands (Dekker, Heemskerk, Veldhuis, Kromowidjojo) · 2010: China (Chen, Tang, Liu, Zhu)
Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- Chinese swimmers
- Medley swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of China
- People from Dalian
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Former world record holders in swimming
- Female freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Chinese swimming biography stubs
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