Sun Dan (, born September 4, 1986 in Liaoning) 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 co ...

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

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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