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{{short description|Chinese volleyball player}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Liang (surname)|Liang]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox volleyball biography
| name           = Liang Yan
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1961|10|4|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Sichuan]], [[People’s Republic of China]]
| death_date     =
| death_place    =
| height         = 177 cm
| position       = Opposite
| teamnumber     = 2
| nationalyears  = 1979–1986
| nationalteam   = {{vbw|China}}
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[Volleyball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] |[[Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics#Women's competition|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|World Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1982 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|1982 Peru]] |}}
{{MedalGold| [[1986 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship|1986 Czechoslovakia]] |[[1986 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship squads|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|FIVB World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1981 FIVB Women's World Cup|1981 Japan]] |}}
{{MedalGold| [[1985 FIVB Women's World Cup|1985 Japan]] |}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1982 Asian Games|1982 New Delhi]] |[[Volleyball at the 1982 Asian Games – Women|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1986 Asian Games|1986 Seoul]] |[[Volleyball at the 1986 Asian Games – Women|Team]]}}
}}

'''Liang Yan''' ({{zh|s=梁艳}}, born 4 October 1961) is a [[Chinese people|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 - [[Image:Med 1.png]] Gold Medal
* 1982 World Championship - [[Image:Med 1.png]] Gold Medal
* 1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles - [[Image:Med 1.png]] Gold Medal
* 1985 World Cup - [[Image:Med 1.png]] Gold Medal
* 1986 World Championship - [[Image:Med 1.png]] Gold Medal

==External links==
* [https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52139 Olympedia profile: Liang Yan]
* [https://women.volleybox.net/liang-yan-p45891 Volleybox.net profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111015/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LIANGYAN01 Liang Yan at databaseOlympics.com]

{{China squad 1981 FIVB Women's World Cup}}
{{China squad 1982 FIVB Women's World Championship}}
{{China women volleyball team 1984 Olympics}}
{{China squad 1985 FIVB Women's World Cup}}
{{China squad 1986 FIVB Women's World Championship}}

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