Zhang Yan (table tennis)
Zhang Yan is a Chinese para table tennis player. He has won five medals from three Paralympic Games.
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 is married to his national teammate Ren Guixiang. They have a daughter together.
