Role Gymnast Name Fan Yilin | ||
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Born November 11, 1999 (age 25) Shanghai, China ( 1999-11-11 ) Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics Level Senior International Elite Head coach(es) 王群策 (Wang Qunce)、徐惊雷 (Xu Jinglei) | ||
Years on national team 2014-present | ||
Fan yilin chn 2015 artistic worlds qualifications uneven bars
Fan Yilin (simplified Chinese: 范忆琳; traditional Chinese: 范憶琳; pinyin: Fàn Yìlín; born 11 November 1999) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. She won the 2015 World title on uneven bars in the first ever four-way tie along with Viktoria Komova, Daria Spiridonova, and Madison Kocian.
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- Fan yilin chn 2015 artistic worlds qualifications uneven bars
- Fan yilin chn qual ub olympics rio 2016
- 2015
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Fan yilin chn qual ub olympics rio 2016
2015
Fan's senior career started in 2015. At the Chinese National Championships in May, Fan won gold in uneven bars final, ahead of world champion Huang Huidan. In addition, she won silver with the Shanghai team and placed third on balance beam. She was later named to the Chinese team for the 2015 Asian Championships in Hiroshima, Japan, where she won gold on balance beam, silver with the team, and bronze on uneven bars.
She was selected to compete at the World Championships in Glasgow alongside Shang Chunsong, Wang Yan, Mao Yi, Tan Jiaxin, Chen Siyi, and Zhu Xiaofang (alternate). They won the silver medal behind the United States team. Individually, Fan won gold on uneven bars in the first ever four-way tie along with Viktoria Komova, Daria Spiridonova, and Madison Kocian. "It made me laugh to see four gymnasts with the same score, but I'm happy for all of the other gold medalists," Fan said.
2016
As a second-year senior, Fan competed at the Chinese National Championships in May, Fan won gold in uneven bars final with a 0.434 lead. She also won bronze with the Shanghai team. At the conclusion of the Chinese Championships, Fan was named to the Chinese team for the 2016 Summer Olympics along with Shang Chunsong, Mao Yi, Wang Yan, and Liu Tingting (who was later replaced by alternate Tan Jiaxin due to a hand injury suffered while training a pak salto).
2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics
Fan competed in the women's qualification round at the 2016 Summer Olympics on August 7, scoring 15.266 on bars, 14.866 on beam, and 13.500 on floor exercise. She helped the Chinese team qualify into the team final in second place behind the United States. Individually, Fan qualified sixth into the balance beam final. Fan failed to qualify for the uneven bars final placing 9th due to missing some connections in her routine. Her countrywoman, Shang Chunsong, qualified ahead of her by 0.034.
On August 9, in the team final, Fan competed on the uneven bars and the balance beam, contributing 15.733 and 15.066 respectively to China's third-place finish, behind the United States and the Russian teams. Fan placed 6th in the balance beam final on August 15.
