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.
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