Chen Lu

Chen Lu (simplified Chinese: 陈露; traditional Chinese: 陳露; pinyin: Chén Lù) (born 24 November 1976) is a Chinese figure skater. She is the 1994 and 1998 Olympic bronze medalist and the 1995 World Champion. Chen won the first ever Olympic medal in figure skating for China.

Amateur career

Chen was born in Changchun, China in 1976, the daughter of an ice hockey coach and a table tennis player. She was one of the most decorated figure skaters of the 1990s winning two Olympic medals, four World medals, and nine national titles. Her success brought attention to Chinese figure skating and spurred more Chinese success.

Early success

As a young skater in the early 1990s, Chen demonstrated both athletic and artistic potential. She often out-jumped many of her contemporaries and the World's top figure skaters, including Kristi Yamaguchi, Midori Ito, Tonya Harding, Surya Bonaly, and Nancy Kerrigan. She landed seven triple jumps, including a triple toeloop/triple toeloop combination at the 1991 World Championships held in Munich, Germany. During the free skating portion of the event, she landed more triple jumps than the top 5 finishers. This generated excitement about her prospects at a time when triple jumps were beginning to dominate women's figure skating, while Chen's artistic talents were praised by such American commentators as Scott Hamilton and Sandra Bezic.

Chen Lu (painter)

Chen Lu (simplified Chinese: 陈录; traditional Chinese: 陳錄; pinyin: Chén Lù; Wade–Giles: Ch'en Lu) was a Chinese painter in the early Ming Dynasty. His birth and death years are unknown.

Chen was born in Huiqi (會䅲, modern day Shaoxing in Zhejiang province). His courtesy name was Xianzhang (憲章) and his pseudonym was Ruyin Jushi (如隱居士). He was particularly skilled in painting plum, pine, and bamboo paintings.

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