Chen Yan is a former Chinese swimmer. She won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. At the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships she won the gold medal in the 200 m backstroke and the silver medal in the 100 m backstroke. She failed a drug test at the 1998 Asian Games and was suspended from competition for four years.
- Occupation
- swimmer
- Citizenship
- People's Republic of China
- Born
- May 2, 1979
