Zhang Yan (, born 25 July 1967) is a Chinese para table tennis player. He has won five medals from three Paralympic Games (2004, 2008, and 2012).

As a child, Zhang displayed special talent in table tennis, and he was selected to the Zhengzhou youth team, living away from home, when he was just eight years old. When he was ten years old, he had an acute onset of rheumatoid arthritis, which slowly debilitated him.

Zhang Yan (table tennis)

Personal life

Zhang Yan is married to his national teammate Ren Guixiang. They have a daughter together.

Zhang Yan (table tennis)

References

1967 births

Living people

Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Paralympic medalists in table tennis

Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Chinese male table tennis players

Paralympic gold medalists for China

Paralympic silver medalists for China

Paralympic bronze medalists for China

Paralympic table tennis players for China

Table tennis players from Henan

People from Xinxiang

Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

FESPIC Games competitors

Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games

Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games

Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games

Zhang Yan (table tennis)