Chris Yan (born 9 December 1988 in

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, China) is an Australian

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player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the

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event, in which he was eliminated in the preliminary round by

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, and as part of the Australian team in the men's team event. Yan qualified to represent Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He was beaten by

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in the first round 4-1 and therefore did not advance any further in the singles. He competed in the team event and the team of

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and Yan advanced to the round of 16 where they were beaten by Japan 3-0.

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details the results in depth.

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Australian Olympic Committee profile
1988 births Living people Australian male table tennis players Olympic table tennis players for Australia Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Naturalised table tennis players Table tennis players from Shaanxi Sportspeople from Xi'an Table tennis players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Australia-tabletennis-bio-stub Naturalised citizens of Australia Chinese emigrants to Australia