Tan Jiaxin

Tan Jiaxin
— Gymnast —
Full name	譚佳薪 (Tan Jiaxin)
Country represented	China
Born	(1996-12-03) 3 December 1996
Hometown	Changsha, Hunan, China
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Head coach(es)	Xiong Jingbin(熊景斌) , Zhang Xia(张霞)
Medal record Competitor for  China World Championships 2014 Nanning Team 2015 Glasgow Team Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team East Asian Games 2013 Tianjin Team 2013 Tianjin Uneven Bars 2013 Tianjin Vault National Games 2013 Dalian Team

Tan Jiaxin (simplified Chinese: 谭佳薪; traditional Chinese: 譚佳薪) (born December 3, 1996 in Changsha) is an elite Chinese gymnast.

Senior career

2012

Although she did not make the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Tan has continued to compete and become a strong player for China. Later in 2012, she competed at the Chinese Individual Nationals in the fall, winning silver on uneven bars.

2013

In 2013, she won gold on uneven bars at the Doha World Cup. She won team bronze medals at the Chinese Nationals and Chinese National Games, and also placed sixth on vault in the latter competition. She was named to the Chinese team for the East Asian Games, where she won gold with her team and on uneven bars, and silver on vault.

In November, she was named to the Chinese team for the Stuttgart World Cup, where she won the gold medal in the Team Challenge

2014

Tan did not compete at Chinese Nationals in May.

Tan was named to the team selected to compete at both the Asian Games in Incheon and World Championships in Nanning. Alongside teammates Yao Jinnan, Shang Chunsong, Huang Huidan, Chen Siyi, and Bai Yawen, the Chinese team won gold in Incheon ahead of the North Korean and Japanese teams and silver in Nanning behind the United States and ahead of Russia. Individually at Worlds, Tan placed third in the uneven bars qualifications with a score of 15.133 points but was unable to compete in the final due to the two-per-country rule; teammates Yao and Huang placed ahead of her in first and second place, respectively.

Competitive history

External links

• Tan Jiaxin at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique