Lai Yawen (Chinese: 赖亚文; pinyin: Lài Yàwén, born 9 September 1970) is a Chinese former volleyball player and two-time Olympian.

As a player, Lai competed with the national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where she finished seventh.

[1] She then won a silver medal with the national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

[1][2] Lai was an assistant coach of China's women's national volleyball team from 1999 to 2004, and then from 2009 to 2021.

[3] She has been working as the deputy director of China's Volleyball Management Center.