Sun Dan (gymnast)

Sun Dan (Chinese: 孙丹, born September 4, 1986, in Dalian) is a Chinese rhythmic gymnast who competed in both individual and group disciplines. She is currently serving as the head coach for the Chinese national rhythmic gymnastics team.

Sun Dan
Country represented	China
Born	(1986-09-04) September 4, 1986 Dalian, Liaoning
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Club	Beijing Sports University
Head coach(es)	Yangfei Xia
Choreographer	Yangfei Xia
Medal record Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Group All-Around Asian Games 2002 Busan Team Asian Championships 2004 Yangzhou Individual All-Around 2004 Yangzhou Clubs 2004 Yangzhou Ball 2004 Yangzhou Hoop 2004 Yangzhou Ribbon

In this Chinese name, the family name is Sun.

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.

Since July 14, 2021, Sun Dan has been serving as a coach for the Chinese national team, who won gold medal for the Group All-Round event at the 2024 Summer Olympics under the coaching of her and fellow Russian gymnast Anastasia Bliznyuk.

References

• Sun Dan at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Sun Dan at Olympics.com
• Sun Dan at Olympic.org (archived)
• Sun Dan at Olympedia