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Chen Yan (swimmer, Born 1979)
Chen Yan (; born May 2, 1979, in Nanjing, Jiangsu) is a former China, Chinese swimmer. She won the bronze medal in the Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, 4×100 m medley relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. At the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships she won the gold medal in the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships - Women's 200m Backstroke, 200 m backstroke and the silver medal in the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships - Women's 100m Backstroke, 100 m backstroke. She failed a Doping in sport, drug test at the 1998 Asian Games and was suspended from competition for four years. References 1978 births Living people Swimmers from Jiangsu Chinese female backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for China Sportspeople from Nanjing Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Doping cases in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Medalists at the 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen (surname)
Chen () () is a common Chinese-language surname and one of the most common surnames in Asia. It is the most common surname in Taiwan (2010) and Singapore (2000). Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Macau, and Hong Kong. It is the most common surname in Xiamen, the ancestral hometown of many overseas Hoklo. Chen was listed 10th in the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem, in the verse 馮陳褚衛 (Feng Chen Chu Wei). In Cantonese, it is usually romanized as Chan (as in Jackie Chan), most widely used by those from Hong Kong. Chan is also widely used in Macao and Malaysia. It is also sometimes spelled Chun. In many Southern Min dialects (including dialects of Hainan, Fujian, and Taiwan), the name is pronounced Tan, while in Teochew, it is pronounced Tang. In Hakka and Taishanese, the name is spelled Chin. In Wu it is pronounced Zen or Tchen. In Vietnam, this surname is written as Trần (in Quốc Ngữ) and is 2nd most common. In Thailand, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
