Yao Yan (, born 22 August 1988) is a female

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player. She won the

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at the

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with

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. Yao Yan is married to table tennis player Xu Xin.

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Table tennis players from Shanghai Living people 1988 births Chinese female table tennis players World Table Tennis Championships medalists {{PRChina-tabletennis-bio-stub

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