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Liang Yan
Personal information
Born	(1961-10-04) 4 October 1961 (age 63) Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite
Number	2
National team
1979–1986  China
Honours Women's Volleyball Representing  China Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Team World Championship 1982 Peru 1986 Czechoslovakia Team FIVB World Cup 1981 Japan 1985 Japan Asian Games 1982 New Delhi Team 1986 Seoul Team

Liang Yan (Chinese: 梁艳, born 4 October 1961) is a Chinese volleyball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

In 1984, Liang was a member of the Chinese volleyball team that won the gold medal. She played all five matches. She is the only player to win all five straight major titles for China women's national volleyball team, during 1981–1986.

Awards

National team

• 1981 World Cup - Gold Medal
• 1982 World Championship - Gold Medal
• 1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles - Gold Medal
• 1985 World Cup - Gold Medal
• 1986 World Championship - Gold Medal

External links

• Olympedia profile: Liang Yan
• Volleybox.net profile
• Liang Yan at databaseOlympics.com

v t e China squad – 1981 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup – Gold medal
1 Cao Huiying 2 Liang Yan 3 Lang Ping 4 Zhou Xiaolan 5 Yang Xi 6 Sun Jinfang (c) 7 Chen Zhaodi 8 Zhou Lumin 9 Zhu Ling 10 Chen Yaqiong 11 Zhang Rongfang 12 Zhang Jieyun Coach: Yuan Weimin

v t e China squad – 1982 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship – Gold medal
1 Lang Ping 2 Liang Yan 3 Cao Huiying 4 Yang Xi 5 Zhou Xiaolan 6 Yang Xilan 7 Chen Yaqiong 8 Jiang Ying 9 Sun Jinfang (c) 10 Chen Zhaodi 11 Zheng Meizhu 12 Zhang Rongfang Coach: Yuan Weimin

v t e China women's volleyball squad – 1984 Summer Olympics – Gold medal
1 Lang Ping 2 Liang Yan 3 Zhu Ling 4 Hou Yuzhu 5 Zhou Xiaolan 6 Yang Xilan 7 Su Huijuan 8 Jiang Ying 9 Li Yanjun 10 Yang Xiaojun 11 Zheng Meizhu 12 Zhang Rongfang (c) Coach: Yuan Weimin

v t e China squad – 1985 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup – Gold medal
1 Lang Ping (c) 2 Liang Yan 3 Lin Guoqing 4 Hou Yuzhu 5 Yin Qin 6 Yang Xilan 7 Su Huijuan 8 Jiang Ying 9 Li Yanjun 10 Yang Xiaojun 11 Zheng Meizhu 12 Wu Dan Coach: Deng Ruozeng

v t e China squad – 1986 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship – Gold medal
1 Hu Xiaofeng 2 Liang Yan 3 Liu Wei 4 Hou Yuzhu 5 Yin Qin 6 Yang Xilan (c) 7 Su Huijuan 8 Jiang Ying 9 Li Yanjun 10 Yang Xiaojun 11 Zheng Meizhu 12 Wu Dan Coach: Zhang Rongfang

• 1961 births
• Living people
• Chinese women's volleyball players
• Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Olympic volleyball players for China
• Olympic gold medalists for China
• Volleyball players from Shanxi
• Olympic medalists in volleyball
• Asian Games medalists in volleyball
• Volleyball players at the 1982 Asian Games
• Volleyball players at the 1986 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
• Asian Games gold medalists for China
• Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
• People from Lüliang
• 20th-century Chinese women