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Chen Lu (simplified Chinese: 陈露; traditional Chinese: 陳露; pinyin: Chén Lù, born 24 November 1976) is a Chinese former 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.
Jan 30, 2022 · At the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, Chen wowed spectators with her performance to classical Chinese piece "Butterfly Lovers," at only 21 years old, thus earning her nickname "Butterfly on Ice" for her elegant and breathtaking movement.
Jan 7, 2022 · Chen Lu is the first Chinese Olympic figure skating medalist. In the year 1998, she wowed spectators with her performance to Chinese classical piece "Butterfly Lovers," earning her the nickname "butterfly on ice."
Jan 30, 2022 · China's Chen Lu was just eighteen years old when she took bronze at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics and then gold a year later at the World Figure Skating Championships in Birmingham. Since then, she and the sport have gained a huge following in China.
Nov 3, 2021 · Chen Lu [Photo provided to Women of China] Widely referred to as the "Butterfly on Ice," for her elegant and breathtaking movements while skating, Chen Lu became the first Chinese figure skater to win a world championship in 1995.
Chen Lu, China's first figure skating world champion, has been devoted herself to skating from the age of 4. Whilst her athletic career drew an end, her career for promoting figure skating has just started.
She won the first of her 10 Chinese national championships in 1989 shortly after her 13th birthday and went on to bronze medals at both the 1991 and 1992 World Junior Championships.
