Luan Bo

In this Chinese name, the family name is Luan.

Luan Bo

File:Luan Bo in 2009 (cropped).jpg
Personal information
Full name	Luan Bo
Born	(1965-04-16) April 16, 1965 Harbin
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country	China
Partner	Yao Bin
Retired	1984

Luan Bo
Traditional Chinese	欒波
Simplified Chinese	栾波
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Luán Bō

Luan Bo (born April 16, 1965 in Harbin, Heilongjiang) is a Chinese figure skating coach and former competitive pair skater. With partner Yao Bin, she was the first pair skater to represent China at the World Figure Skating Championships.

In the closed society of mid-20th century China, Luan and Yao had only photographs from which to learn their moves. At the 1980 World Figure Skating Championships in Dortmund, West Germany, they finished 15th, in last place. They competed at the World Championships twice more in 1981 and 1982, finishing last both times. They represented China at the 1984 Winter Olympics and placed 15th.

She works as a coach. Her current and former students include Ding Yang & Ren Zhongfei, Sui Wenjing & Han Cong, and Zhu Qiuying.

Competitive highlights

(with Yao Bin)

Event	1979–1980	1980–1981	1981–1982	1982–1983	1983–1984
Winter Olympic Games					15th
World Championships	15th	11th	13th
Winter Universiade				3rd

References

• Sports-reference profile
• Skatabase: 1980s Worlds