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{{short description|Chinese pair skater}}
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| image = Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo.jpg
| caption = Shen (left) and Zhao (right) in 2009
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| birth_place = [[Harbin]], [[Heilongjiang]]
| hometown = Harbin
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| height = 1.60 m
| partner = [[Zhao Hongbo]]
| coach = [[Yao Bin]]
| skating club = Harbin Skating Club
| retired = 17 February 2010
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'''Shen Xue''' ({{lang-zh|s=申雪|t=申雪|p=Shēn Xuě}}; born 13 November 1978) is a Chinese retired [[pair skater]]. With her husband [[Zhao Hongbo]], Shen is the 2010 [[Figure skating at the Olympics|Olympic champion]], the 2002 & 2006 [[Figure skating at the Olympics|Olympic bronze medalist]], a three-time [[World Figure Skating Championships|World champion]] (2002, 2003 and 2007), a three-time [[Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|Four Continents Champion]] (1999, 2003 & 2007), and a six-time [[Grand Prix of Figure Skating|Grand Prix Final champion]] (1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006 & 2009).

Shen and Zhao were the first Chinese pair team to win a medal at an [[International Skating Union]] event and at the [[World Figure Skating Championships]]. In 2002, they became the first Chinese pair skating team to win a World Championship. They are also the first Chinese pair skaters to win a medal at the [[Figure skating at the Winter Olympics|Winter Olympic Games]]. In 2010, they became the first Chinese skaters to win the gold medal at a Winter Olympic Games in any figure skating category,<ref>{{cite web |title=Winter Olympics – China's Shen, Zhao strike gold |publisher=[[Eurosport]] |date=16 February 2010 |url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/16022010/58/winter-olympics-china-shen-zhao-strike-gold.html}}</ref> ending almost half a century of Russian and Soviet pair skating dominance.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shen, Zhao end Russian Olympic pairs dominance |publisher=Icenetwork.com |date=16 February 2010 |url=http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100216&content_id=8079088&vkey=ice_news |access-date=16 February 2010 |archive-date=15 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215083919/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100216&content_id=8079088&vkey=ice_news |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Shen was born in [[Harbin]], [[Heilongjiang]] province, [[China]]. Shen and Zhao announced their engagement after the [[2007 World Figure Skating Championships]]. They were married shortly after.

Shen and Zhao are the parents of a daughter, born 3 September 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2013-09/03/content_16941445.htm |title=China's figure-skating couple have baby daughter |date=3 September 2013 |work=[[China Daily]] |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref>

In December 2017, it was announced that Shen had been appointed as President of the [[Chinese Skating Association]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/decision-makers/movers-and-shakers/new-chinese-figure-skating-association-names-shen-xue-as-president/#:~:text=China's%20State%20General%20Administration%20of,Xue%20as%20its%20new%20president.|title= Chinese Figure Skating Association names Shen Xue as president |date=15 December 2017|work=Sports Pro Media |access-date=31 August 2024}}</ref>

==Career==

===Early career and development===
Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo began skating together in 1992. [[Yao Bin]] coached them early in their careers. They competed at their first Olympics in [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998]], in [[Nagano (city)|Nagano]], Japan, where they finished fifth. They went on to the [[1999 World Figure Skating Championships]] a year later with improved choreography and expression, and won the silver medal, becoming the first Chinese team to win a World Championship medal.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hines |first=James R. |url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000hine/mode/1up?view=theater |title=Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6859-5 |location=Lanham, Maryland |page=58}}</ref>

=== International success ===
Shen and Zhao improved each year, and were considered to be one of the top teams in the world. They won another silver medal at the Worlds in 2000, and a bronze in 2001. They were considered strong medal contenders in the [[2002 Winter Olympics]]. They won the bronze with a strong performance, missing a throw quadruple [[Salchow jump|salchow]] attempt. They became the first Chinese pair to win a medal at an Olympics for figure skating.

===World Champions===
At the [[2002 World Figure Skating Championships]] held in [[Nagano (city)|Nagano]], Japan, Shen and Zhao won their first World Championship, becoming the first Chinese pair skaters to win a [[gold medal]] in the history of figure skating. Later in March 2003, as the defending world champions, the team also won their second World Championship in [[Washington D.C.]], United States. While practising their [[Salchow jump|throw quadruple salchow]], Shen landed badly and injured her landing foot and ankle. She required several treatments to numb the foot entirely so that she should compete. The pair performed a brilliant long program that earned them several perfect 6.0's for both technical merits and presentation.

In the 2003–2004 season, competing for the first time under the [[ISU Judging System|Code of Points]], they placed second at the [[2003 Skate Canada]] and won the [[2003 Cup of China]]. They won their third Grand Prix Final gold medal at the [[Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2003–2004 Grand prix Final]], where they won both the short program with 66.00 points and the free skate with 130.08. The team earned a total of 196.08 points to finish 18.78 points ahead of their new rivals [[Tatiana Totmianina]] & [[Maxim Marinin]] of Russia, who were second in both the short and the long program.

Their attempt to win a third straight World title in 2004 was thwarted when Zhao fell during their short program and the team placed fourth in that segment. They rebounded to win the free program with a string of 6.0s, and moved up to finish second overall behind [[Tatiana Totmianina]] & [[Maxim Marinin]].

===Injury and 2006 Olympics===
Shen and Zhao won gold medals at the [[2004 Skate Canada]], at the [[2004 Trophée Eric Bompard]] and at the [[2004 Cup of China]]. Following their wins at all their Grand Prix events, they also won the [[2004–2005 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2004–2005 Grand Prix Final]] in [[Beijing]], China, placing first in the short program with 70.52 points and in the free skate scoring 136.02. Overall they won the gold medal earning a total of 206.54 points, 19.22 ahead of [[Maria Petrova (figure skater)|Maria Petrova]] & [[Alexei Tikhonov]], who placed second in both segments of the competition. As a result, they set a new world record for the short program,<ref>{{cite web |title=Grand Prix Final – day 1 |publisher=[[International Skating Union]] |date=19 December 2004 |url=http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vcontent/content/news/0,10869,4844-131973-133281-18886-149337-news-item,00.html |access-date=19 December 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312041959/http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vcontent/content/news/0,10869,4844-131973-133281-18886-149337-news-item,00.html |archive-date=12 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> for the free skate and for the combined total score<ref>{{cite web |title=Grand Prix Final – day 2 |publisher=[[International Skating Union]] |date=20 December 2004 |url=http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vcontent/content/news/0,10869,4844-131973-133281-18886-149413-news-item,00.html |access-date=20 December 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312041952/http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vcontent/content/news/0,10869,4844-131973-133281-18886-149413-news-item,00.html |archive-date=12 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> under the [[ISU Judging System]].

In 2005 Zhao's [[Achilles tendon]] injury forced them to withdraw from the World Championships, and weeks later, he ruptured the tendon during practice. They missed the entire competitive season and were unable to return to the ice until weeks before the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]], Italy. They placed fifth in the short program with 62.32 points and third in the free skate with 124.59. Their lack of adequate preparation was obvious, but they managed to win a second Olympic bronze medal earning 186.91 points, 17.57 points behind [[Tatiana Totmianina]] & [[Maxim Marinin]], who won the gold medal.

===Third World title and retirement===
The 2006–2007 proved to be a very strong season for the pair. They began winning the [[2006 Cup of China]], where they came in first place in the short program and in the free skate to win the competition with a total score of 193.59 points, 21.03 ahead of [[Zhang Dan]] & [[Zhang Hao (figure skater)|Zhang Hao]]. They also won the [[2006 NHK Trophy]], where they also placed first in both the short program and the free skate earning 190.97 points, beating [[Pang Qing]] & [[Tong Jian]] by 8.13. They earned the gold medal at the [[2006–2007 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2006–2007 Grand Prix Final]], held in [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia. At that competition, they won the short program, scoring 68.66 points, 4.48 points ahead of [[Zhang Dan]] & [[Zhang Hao (figure skater)|Zhang Hao]]. The team also placed first in the free skate with 134.53 points, 12.68 ahead of [[Aliona Savchenko]] & [[Robin Szolkowy]] from Germany. They earned a total of 203.19 points to finish 22.52 points ahead of second-place finishers [[Aliona Savchenko]] & [[Robin Szolkowy]].

At the [[2007 Asian Winter Games]], Shen and Zhao won the short program with 69.49 points, leading by 3.84 over the rest of the field. They placed first in free skate scoring 126.06 points, winning that segment as well by 10.24 points. They earned 195.55 points overall, edging their teammates [[Pang Qing]] & [[Tong Jian]] by 14.08 points, who placed second in both the short program and the free skate. Shen and Zhao won the [[2007 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2007 Four Continents Championships]], placing first in the short program with 69.29 points, 3.49 ahead of the rest of the competitors. They also won the free skate earning 133.76 points, leading that segment of the competition by 14.23 points. As a result, they scored a combined total of 203.05 points to win the competition 17.72 points ahead of [[Pang Qing]] & [[Tong Jian]], who again came in second place in the short and in the long program.

Shen and Zhao finished the season with their third world title at the [[2007 World Figure Skating Championships]] in [[Tokyo]], Japan, placing first in the short program with 71.07 points, taking the lead by 3.42 points ahead of [[Aliona Savchenko]] & [[Robin Szolkowy]], and setting a new world record under the [[ISU Judging System]].<ref>{{cite web |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2007 – Tokyo, JPN – Day 1 |publisher=[[International Skating Union]] |date=20 December 2004 |url=http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vcontent/content/news/0,10869,4844-131973-133281-18886-267940-news-item,00.html |access-date=20 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621054025/http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vcontent/content/news/0,10869,4844-131973-133281-18886-267940-news-item,00.html |archive-date=21 June 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> They also won the free skate with 132.43 points, 10.72 ahead of [[Pang Qing]] & [[Tong Jian]], who placed second in that segment of the competition. Overall they scored a total 203.50 points and won by a 15.04-point margin of victory over silver medalists [[Pang Qing]] & [[Tong Jian]]. Following the win, they married and announced their retirement from the sport.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2007-03/23/content_835311.htm |title=Figure skating champions to tie knot |date=23 March 2007 |work=China Daily |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref>

===Return to competition===
Shen and Zhao returned to competition in the 2009–2010 season to compete in the [[2010 Winter Olympics]], and were assigned to [[2009 Cup of China]] and [[2009 Skate America]] in the [[2009–2010 Grand Prix of Figure Skating|2009–2010 ISU Grand Prix]] series.

At the [[2009 Cup of China]], they placed first in the short program earning a personal best score of 72.28. They also won the free skate scoring 128.69 to win the competition with 200.97 points, 14.18 points ahead of silver medalists [[Zhang Dan]] & [[Zhang Hao (figure skater)|Zhang Hao]]. At the [[2009 Skate America]], they placed first in the short program with a new personal best of 74.36 points. They also lead in the free skate where they earned 127.04 points. Scoring 201.40 points overall, 29.58 points over [[Tatiana Volosozhar]] & [[Stanislav Morozov]], they won the gold medal.

Those two wins directly qualified them for the [[2009–2010 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2009–2010 Grand Prix Final]] that was held in [[Tokyo]], Japan, in December 2009. At the event, they lead the short program with a new personal best of 75.36 points, 2.22 points ahead of [[Aliona Savchenko]] & [[Robin Szolkowy]], who were second. They also placed first in the free skate with another personal best of 138.89 points, 5.07 ahead of fellow second-place finishers [[Pang Qing]] & [[Tong Jian]]. They won the gold medal earning 214.25 points overall, edging silver medalists [[Pang Qing]] & [[Tong Jian]] by 12.39 points and improving their previous combined total score. At the competition, they set new world records for the short program,<ref>{{cite web |title=ISU Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Day 1 |publisher=[[International Skating Union]] |date=3 December 2009 |url=http://isu.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,4844-128590-19728-18885-303651-3787-4771-layout160-129898-news-item,00.html |access-date=3 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207082927/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0%2C10869%2C4844-128590-19728-18885-303651-3787-4771-layout160-129898-news-item%2C00.html |archive-date=7 December 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> for the free skating and for the combined total<ref>{{cite web |title=Grand Prix Final – day 2 |publisher=[[International Skating Union]] |date=20 December 2004 |url=http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vcontent/content/news/0,10869,4844-131973-133281-18886-149413-news-item,00.html |access-date=20 December 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312041952/http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vcontent/content/news/0,10869,4844-131973-133281-18886-149413-news-item,00.html |archive-date=12 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> under the ISU Judging System.

===2010 Olympics===
[[Image:Olympics 2010 Pairs figure skating podium.jpg|thumb|right|Shen and Zhao on the podium at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]].]]
On 14 February 2010, Shen and Zhao began their fourth Olympics. They led the short program with 76.66 points, 0.70 ahead of [[Aliona Savchenko]] & [[Robin Szolkowy]]. They achieved a new personal best and set a new record score again under the ISU Judging System for the short program.<ref>{{cite web |title=Figure Skating: Shen, Zhao lead with record score - AFP News |website=Vancouver2010.com |publisher=[[The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games]] |date=15 February 2010 |url=http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-news/n/news/afp-news/figure-skating--shen--zhao-lead-with-record-score_278278MF.html |access-date=15 February 2010 |archive-date=10 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410042657/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-news/n/news/afp-news/figure-skating--shen--zhao-lead-with-record-score_278278MF.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 15 February 2010, in the pairs' free skating they came second, again with a personal best score of 139.91 points, 1.90 behind [[Pang Qing]] & [[Tong Jian]], who claimed the silver medal. Their program components score of 72.40 was the highest of the event. They also got a 10.00 for interpretation from one judge.<ref>{{cite web |title=XXI Winter Olympic Games, Pairs' FS Scores |publisher=[[International Skating Union]] |date=16 February 2010 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/owg2010/owg10_Pairs_FS_Scores.pdf}}</ref> With an overall total of 216.57 points they finished in first place taking the gold medal, by a 3.26 margin over [[Pang Qing]] & [[Tong Jian]] and a 5.77 margin over bronze medalists [[Aliona Savchenko]] & [[Robin Szolkowy]]. Their combined score was a world record at the time.<ref>Los Angeles Times, [http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-olympics-figures16-2010feb16,0,5798394.story "Fourth time is their charm"], '''Philip Hersh''', ''16 February 2010'' (accessed 16 February 2010)</ref> At 31 and 36 years old respectively, they were among the oldest Olympic champions in figure skating. They became the first Chinese skaters in any figure skating discipline to win a gold medal at the [[Figure skating at the Olympic Games|Winter Olympic Games]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Winter Olympics – China's Shen, Zhao strike gold |publisher=[[Eurosport]] |date=16 February 2010 |url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/16022010/58/winter-olympics-china-shen-zhao-strike-gold.html}}</ref> China at the event also broke Russia's 46-year twelve-Olympic gold medal streak in pairs figure skating, winning both the gold and the silver medals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shen, Zhao end Russian Olympic pairs dominance |publisher=Icenetwork.com |date=16 February 2010 |url=http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100216&content_id=8079088&vkey=ice_news |access-date=16 February 2010 |archive-date=15 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215083919/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100216&content_id=8079088&vkey=ice_news |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Final retirement ===

On 17 February 2010, they announced their definite retirement from competitive skating to focus on their personal life.<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympic champions Shen/Zhao announce retirement |work=China Daily |date=17 February 2010 |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/winter/2010-02/17/content_9472728.htm}}</ref> They said they would retire from shows in 2012, planning to start a family, promote their sport, and begin coaching.<ref>{{cite web |title="冰上盛典"越办越红火 申雪赵宏博造人计划推迟 |publisher=Sina.com.cn |date=12 November 2011 |url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/o/2011-11-12/14375826611.shtml}}</ref>

== List of world record scores set by Shen/Zhao ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! colspan=4 align=center | [[List of highest historical scores in figure skating#Total score 3|Combined total records]]<ref name="isu-progression-To">{{cite web |url=http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/historicbefore1819/phspto.htm |title=Progression of Historical Highest Score, Pairs, Total Score |date=10 December 2016 |website=ISU Results |publisher=International Skating Union |access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref>
|-
! Date
! style="width:80px;"| Score
! Event
! Note
|-
| 15 February 2010
| style="text-align:center;" | 216.57
| [[Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Pairs skating|2010 Winter Olympics]]
| The record was broken by [[Aliona Savchenko|Savchenko]] / [[Robin Szolkowy|Szolkowy]] on 28 April 2011.
|-
| 5 December 2009
| style="text-align:center;" | 214.25
| [[2009–10 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2009–10 Grand Prix Final]]
| They became the first pair to score above 210 points.
|-
| 18 December 2004
| style="text-align:center;" | 206.54
| [[2004–05 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2004–05 Grand Prix Final]]
| They became the first pair to score above 200 points.
|-
| 13 December 2003
| style="text-align:center;" | 196.08
| [[2003–04 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2003–04 Grand Prix Final]]
|
|-
| 31 October 2003
| style="text-align:center;" | 191.80
| [[2003 Skate Canada International|2003 Skate Canada]]
| They became the first pair to score above 190 points.
|-
! colspan=4 align=center | [[List of highest historical scores in figure skating#Short program score 3|Short program records]]<ref name="isu-progression-SP">{{cite web |url=http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/historicbefore1819/phspsp.htm |title=Progression of Historical Highest Score, Pairs, Short Program Score |date=10 December 2016 |website=ISU Results |publisher=International Skating Union |access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref>
|-
! Date
! style="width:80px;"| Score
! Event
! Note
|-
| 14 February 2010
| style="text-align:center;" | 76.66
| [[Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Pairs skating|2010 Winter Olympics]]
| The record was broken by [[Tatiana Volosozhar|Volosozhar]] / [[Maxim Trankov|Trankov]] on 26 September 2013.
|-
| 3 December 2009
| style="text-align:center;" | 75.36
| [[2009–10 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2009–10 Grand Prix Final]]
|
|-
| 20 March 2007
| style="text-align:center;" | 71.07
| [[2007 World Figure Skating Championships|2007 World Championships]]
|
|-
| 17 December 2004
| style="text-align:center;" | 70.52
| [[2004–05 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2004–05 Grand Prix Final]]
| They became the first pair to score above 70 points in short program.
|-
| 30 October 2003
| style="text-align:center;" | 68.76
| [[2003 Skate Canada International|2003 Skate Canada]]
|
|-
! colspan=4 align=center | [[List of highest historical scores in figure skating#Free program score 3|Free skating records]]<ref name="isu-progression-FS">{{cite web |url=http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/historicbefore1819/phspfs.htm |title=Progression of Historical Highest Score, Pairs, Free Skating Score |date=10 December 2016 |website=ISU Results |publisher=International Skating Union |access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref>
|-
! Date
! style="width:80px;"| Score
! Event
! Note
|-
| 5 December 2009
| style="text-align:center;" | 138.89
| [[2009–10 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2009–10 Grand Prix Final]]
| The record was broken by [[Yuko Kavaguti|Kavaguti]] / [[Alexander Smirnov (figure skater)|Smirnov]] on 20 January 2010.
|-
| 18 December 2004
| style="text-align:center;" | 136.02
| [[2004–05 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2004–05 Grand Prix Final]]
|
|-
| 13 December 2003
| style="text-align:center;" | 130.08
| [[2003–04 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2003–04 Grand Prix Final]]
| They became the first pair to score above 130 points in free skating.
|-
| 31 October 2003
| style="text-align:center;" | 123.04
| [[2003 Skate Canada International|2003 Skate Canada]]
| They became the first pair to score above 120 points in free skating.
|}

==Public life and endorsements==

Shen and Zhao's current and past sponsors include [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]], [[Visa Inc.|Visa]], [[General Electric]] and [[Lenovo]].

They have toured in multiple ice shows all around the world, including the 2007 Golden Skate Awards in [[Turin]], Italy, the 2008 & 2010 [[Stars on Ice]] in the United States and the 2009 [[Ice All Stars]], this last one held in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]] alongside other world class figure skaters including the [[Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Ladies' singles|2010 Olympic ladies champion]] and show headliner [[Yuna Kim]].

They joined Kim in another ice show, the [[All That Skate : Summer, Los Angeles|All That Skate]]. Other skaters like [[Michelle Kwan]] and [[Stéphane Lambiel]] performed in the show as well.

==Programs==
{| class= "wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Season
! Short Program
! Free Skating
! Exhibition
|-
! 2009–2010
| [[Who Wants to Live Forever]] <br><small>by [[Brian May]] <br> from [[Queen (band)|Queen]] <br> performed by [[David Garrett]] <br> choreographed by [[Lori Nichol]] </small>
| [[Adagio in G minor]] <br><small> by [[Tomaso Albinoni]] <br> performed by [[Eroica Trio]] <br> choreographed by [[Lori Nichol]] </small>
| Io ci sarò <br><small>by [[Andrea Bocelli]] <br>choreographed by [[Lori Nichol]] </small> <hr> Ramalama <br><small> by [[Róisín Murphy]] <br>choreographed by [[Lori Nichol]] </small>
|-
! 2007–2009
| align= center| Did not compete <br> these seasons
| align= center| Did not compete <br> these seasons
| [[Feeling Good#Michael Bublé|Feeling Good]] <br> <small> [[Michael Bublé]] <br>one of them choreographed by [[Han Bing]]</small>
|-
! 2006–2007
| Romanza <br> <small> by [[Salvador Bacarisse]] <br>choreographed by [[Lori Nichol]] </small>
| [[Méditation (Thaïs)|Méditation]] <br><small> from [[Thaïs (opera)|Thaïs]] <br> by [[Jules Massenet]] <br>choreographed by [[Lori Nichol]] </small>
| [[My Way]] <br> <small> by [[Frank Sinatra]] <br> performed by [[The Three Tenors]] <br> choreographed by [[Lori Nichol]] </small> <br><hr> [[Caruso (song)|Caruso]] <br><small> by [[Lucio Dalla]] <br> performed by [[Il Divo]]<br>choreographed by [[Lori Nichol]] </small>
|-
! 2005–2006
| [[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Rachmaninoff)|Piano Concerto No. 3]] <br> <small> by [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] <br>choreographed by [[Lori Nichol]] </small>
| Un Bel Di Vedremo<br> <small> from [[Madama Butterfly]] <br>by [[Giacomo Puccini]] <br> choreographed by [[Lea Ann Miller]] </small>
| [[The Impossible Dream (The Quest)|The Impossible Dream]] <br> <small> from [[Man of La Mancha]] Soundtrack <br> by [[Mitch Leigh]] <br> vocals by [[Joe Darion]] <br> performed by [[Luther Vandross]] <br>choreographed by [[Lori Nichol]]</small>
|-
! 2004–2005
| [[Suite bergamasque|Clair de Lune]] <br> <small>by [[Claude Debussy]] <br>choreographed by [[Lea Ann Miller]] </small>
| [[The Soong Sisters (film)|The Soong Sisters]]<br><small> Soundtrack from the 1997 movie <br> by [[Kitarō]] & Randy Miller<br>choreographed by [[Lea Ann Miller]] </small>
| [[Come What May (2001 song)|Come What May]] <br> <small>from [[Moulin Rouge!]] Soundtrack <br> by [[Nicole Kidman]] & [[Ewan McGregor]] <br>choreographed by [[Lea Ann Miller]] </small>
|-
! 2003–2004
| Kismet <br><small> by [[Bond (string quartet)|Bond]] <br>choreographed by [[Lea Ann Miller]], Renée Roca, [[Gorsha Sur]] </small>
| [[Pas de deux]]<br><small> from [[The Nutcracker]] <br> by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] <br>choreographed by [[Lea Ann Miller]] </small>
| [[Come What May (2001 song)|Come What May]] <br> <small>from [[Moulin Rouge!]] Soundtrack</small> <br> <small> by [[Nicole Kidman]] & [[Ewan McGregor]] <br>choreographed by [[Lea Ann Miller]] </small><hr>[[Con te partirò|Time to Say Goodbye]] <br> <small> by [[Sarah Brightman]] & [[Andrea Bocelli]] <br>choreographed by [[Lori Nichol]] </small><hr>[[Adagio in G minor]] <br><small> by [[Tomaso Albinoni]] <br> performed by [[Eroica Trio]] <br> choreographed by [[Lori Nichol]] </small>
|-
! 2002–2003
| [[Beethoven's Last Night]] <br> <small> by [[Trans-Siberian Orchestra]] <br>choreographed by [[Tatiana Tarasova]] </small>
| rowspan=2 | [[Turandot|Violin Fantasy on Puccini's Turandot]] <br><small> by [[Vanessa-Mae]] <br>choreographed by Lea Ann Miller, Renée Roca, Gorsha Sur </small>
| [[Con te partirò|Time to Say Goodbye]] <br> <small> by [[Sarah Brightman]] & [[Andrea Bocelli]] <br>choreographed by [[Yao Bin]] </small><hr>[[Bensonhurst Blues]] <br> <small> by [[Oscar Benton]] <br></small>
|-
! 2001–2002
| Kismet <br><small> by [[Bond (string quartet)|Bond]] <br>choreographed by [[Lea Ann Miller,Renée Roca, Gorsha Sur]] </small>
| [[The Pink Panther Theme]] <br> <small> by [[Henry Mancini]] <br></small>
|-
! 2000–2001
| Allegretto <br><small>from ''[[Palladio (Jenkins)|Palladio]]'' <br> by [[Karl Jenkins]] <br>choreographed maybe by [[Gorsha Sur]] </small>
| rowspan=2 | Spirit of Spring <br> <small> Chinese Violin Music <br>by [[Du Mingxin]] <br>choreographed by [[Sandra Bezic]]<br> and [[Michael Seibert (figure skater)|Michael Seibert]] </small>
| [[Beethoven's Last Night]] <br> <small> by [[Trans-Siberian Orchestra]] <br> </small>
|-
! 1999–2000
| [[The Firebird]] <br> <small> by [[Igor Stravinsky]] <br>choreographed by [[Sandra Bezic]] </small>
| Crazy <br><small>by [[Julio Iglesias]] <br>choreographed by [[Sandra Bezic]] </small>
|-
! 1998–1999
| rowspan=2 | [[Zigeunerweisen]] <br> <small> by [[Pablo de Sarasate]] <br>choreographed by [[Yao Bin]] </small>
| [[Mulan (1998 soundtrack)|Selections of Mulan]] <br> <small> Soundtrack from [[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]] <br> by [[Jerry Goldsmith]] <br> choreographed by [[Yao Bin]] </small>
| rowspan=2 | Un Bel di Vedremo <br><small>from [[Madama Butterfly]] <br> by [[Giacomo Puccini]] <br> </small>
|-
! 1997–1998
| rowspan=2 | Mount Olympus <br> <small> by [[Mars Lasar]] <br>choreographed by [[Yao Bin]]</small>
|-
! 1996–1997
| rowspan=2 | [[Out of Silence (Yanni album)|Out of Silence]] <br><small>by [[Yanni]] <br>choreographed by [[Yao Bin]]</small>
|
|-
! 1995–1996
| [[Yellow River Piano Concerto]] <br><small>by [[Xian Xinghai]] <br>choreographed by [[Yao Bin]] </small>
|
|-
|}

==Competitive highlights==
(With Zhao)

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Event
! 92–93
! 93–94
! 94–95
! 95–96
! 96–97
! 97–98
! 98–99
! 99–00
! 00–01
! 01–02
! 02–03
! 03–04
! 04–05
! 05–06
! 06–07
!07–08
![[2008–09 figure skating season|08–09]]
![[2009–10 figure skating season|09–10]]
|-
|[[Winter Olympic Games|Winter Olympics]]||  || || || || || align="center" | 5th || || || || align="center" bgcolor="CC9966" | 3rd || || || || align="center" bgcolor="CC9966" | 3rd || 
|
| || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|-
|[[World Figure Skating Championships|Worlds]]||  || align="center" |21st || ||align="center" | 15th || align="center" | 11th || align="center" | 4th || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || align="center" bgcolor="CC9966" | 3rd || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || align="center" | WD || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|
| || 
|-
|[[Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|Four Continents]]||  || || || || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|
| || 
|-
| [[Asian Winter Games]] || || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|
| || 
|-
| [[Chinese Figure Skating Championships|Chinese Championships]] || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || || || || 
|
| || 
|-
| [[Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|Grand Prix Final]] || || || || || || align="center" | 4th || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="CC9966" | 3rd || align="center" bgcolor="CC9966" | 3rd || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|
| || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|-
| <small>GP</small> [[Cup of China]] || || || || || || || || || || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|
| || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|-
| <small>GP</small> [[Skate America]] || || || || || || || || || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || || || || || || 
|
| || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|-
| <small>GP</small> [[NHK Trophy]] || || align="center" | 6th || || || align="center" | 4th || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || align="center" | 4th || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|
| ||
|-
|<small>GP</small> [[Skate Canada International|Skate Canada]]||  || || || || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || || || || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || 
|
| ||
|-
| <small>GP</small> [[Trophée Eric Bompard]] || || || || || align="center" | 5th || align="center" bgcolor="CC9966" | 3rd || || || || || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || 
|
| || 
|-
| <small>GP</small> [[Bofrost Cup on Ice]] || || || || || || || || align="center" bgcolor="CC9966" | 3rd || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || || || || 
|
| ||
|-
| <small>GP</small> [[Cup of Russia]] || || || || || || || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || || || 
|
| || 
|-
| [[Winter Universiade]] || || || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || || || || || || || || || 
|
| || 
|-
| colspan="19" align="center" | WD = Withdrew <br> Shen and Zhao did not compete in the 2007–2008 and 2008–2009 seasons.
|}

==Detailed results==
[[Image:China's Medal Pairs.jpg|thumb|right|Shen and Zhao in an outdoor performance after winning gold at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]].]]
{| class="wikitable"
| style="background-color: #ffdead;" colspan=5 align=center | '''[[2009–10 figure skating season|2009–2010 season]]'''
|-
! Date
! Event
! SP
! FS
! Total
|-
| 14–15 February 2010
| [[Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Pairs skating|2010 Winter Olympics]]
| align=center | 1 <br> 76.66
| align=center | 2 <br> 139.91
| align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 <br> 216.57
|-
| 2–6 December 2009
| [[2009–10 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2009–10 Grand Prix Final]]
| align=center | 1 <br> 75.36
| align=center | 1 <br> 138.89
| align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 <br> 214.25
|-
| 12–15 November 2009
| [[2009 Skate America]]
| align=center | 1 <br> 74.36
| align=center | 1 <br> 127.04
| align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 <br> 201.40
|-
| 29 October – 1 November 2009
| [[2009 Cup of China]]
| align=center | 1 <br> 72.28
| align=center | 1 <br> 128.69
| align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 <br> 200.97
|-
| style="background-color: #ffdead;" colspan=5 align=center | '''2006–2007 season'''
|-
! Date
! Event
! SP
! FS
! Total
|-
| 20–25 March 2007
| [[2007 World Figure Skating Championships|2007 World Championships]]
| align=center | 1 <br> 71.07
| align=center | 1 <br> 132.43
| align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 <br> 203.50
|-
| 7–10 February 2007
| [[2007 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2007 Four Continents Championships]]
| align=center | 1 <br> 69.29
| align=center | 1 <br> 133.76
| align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 <br> 203.05
|-
| 2–3 February 2007
| [[Figure skating at the 2007 Asian Winter Games|2007 Asian Winter Games]]
| align=center | 1 <br> 69.49
| align=center | 1 <br> 126.06
| align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 <br> 195.55
|-
| 14–17 December 2006
| [[2006–07 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2006–07 Grand Prix Final]]
| align=center | 1 <br> 68.66
| align=center | 1 <br> 134.53
| align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 <br> 203.19
|-
| 30 November – 3 December 2006
| [[2006 NHK Trophy]]
| align=center | 1 <br> 65.58
| align=center | 1 <br> 125.39
| align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 <br> 190.97
|-
| 9–12 November 2006
| [[2006 Cup of China]]
| align=center | 1 <br> 68.90
| align=center | 1 <br> 124.69
| align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 <br> 193.59
|-
| style="background-color: #ffdead;" colspan=5 align=center | '''2005–2006 season'''
|-
! Date
! Event
! SP
! FS
! Total
|-
| 11–24 February 2006
| [[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Pairs|2006 Winter Olympics]]
| align=center | 5 <br> 62.32
| align=center | 3 <br> 124.59
| align=center bgcolor=cc9966 | 3 <br> 186.91
|-
| style="background-color: #ffdead;" colspan=5 align=center | '''2004–2005 season'''
|-
! Date
! Event
! SP
! FS
! Total
|-
| 14–20 March 2005
| [[2005 World Figure Skating Championships|2005 World Championships]]
| align=center | 3 <br> 66.00
| align=center | WD
| align=center | WD
|-
| 16–19 December 2004
| [[2004–05 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2004–05 Grand Prix Final]]
| align=center | 1 <br> 70.52
| align=center | 1 <br> 136.02
| align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 <br> 206.54
|-
| 18–21 November 2004
| [[2004 Trophée Éric Bompard]]
| align=center | 1 <br> 66.88
| align=center | 1 <br> 121.24
| align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 <br> 188.12
|-
| 11–14 November 2004
| [[Cup of China]]
| align=center | 1 <br> 66.38
| align=center | 1 <br> 127.16
| align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 <br> 193.54
|-
| 28–31 October 2004
| [[2004 Skate Canada International|2004 Skate Canada]]
| align=center | 1 <br> 66.48
| align=center | 1 <br> 123.72
| align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 <br> 190.20
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Shen Xue}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070212224450/http://shzh.sports.cn/ Official Website]
*[http://weibo.com/1707261874 twitter（weibo）]
*[http://www.pairsonice.net/profileview.php?pid=63 Pairs on Ice: Xue Shen & Hongbo Zhao] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230000849/http://www.pairsonice.net/profileview.php?pid=63 |date=30 December 2007 }}
*{{isu name | id=00000595 | name=Shen & Zhao}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100218131438/http://wintergames.ap.org/Story.aspx?st=id&id=2ef0c79dff8c4e5f89e90396e40d170a China's Shen and Zhao win pairs gold]

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