Sun Dan (, born September 4, 1986 in
Liaoning) is a
Chinese
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rhythmic gymnast
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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
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.
She switched to group and represented
China at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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As the host country, China had a total of 639 athletes ...
and won a silver medal in the
group competition.
References
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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
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Asian Games gold medalists for China
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
21st-century Chinese women