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Dan Zhang & Hao Zhang

Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang, who are not related to each other, teamed up in 1997. Dan Zhang took a hard fall on the quadruple throw Salchow attempt at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in the free skate, and sprained ligaments in her knee. She nevertheless finished the performance and they won the silver medal. They won another silver medal one month later in Calgary at the 2006 world championships.

Zhang/Zhang performed a quadruple twist at the 2000 world junior championships, the first quadruple twist ever performed at junior worlds. Two years later, in 2002, they did the quad twist at the world championships in Nagano and were declared the first pair to have done the quad twist at a senior world championships by the ISU.

The Zhangs intend to skate as long as their bodies allow them.

Dan collects skating pins, while Hao collects coins from the places to which he has traveled.

 

Dan Zhang & Hao Zhang

Photo: F. Scott Grant