Sun Dan (, born September 4, 1986 in

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

) is a

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rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coordi ...

who competed in individual and group disciplines.

Career

Sun started as an individual gymnast and won five medals at the 2004 Asian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, two of them gold, and has competed at three World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. She switched to group and represented China at the 2008 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the group competition.

References

* 1986 births Living people Chinese rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of China Olympic silver medalists for China Gymnasts from Liaoning Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 2002 Asian Games {{Rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games 21st-century Chinese women