Fan Yilin

Fàn Yìlín

Fan Yilin at the 2016 Olympics Balance Beam final
Personal information
Nickname(s) Fan Fan
Country represented  China
Born (1999-11-11) November 11, 1999
Shanghai, China
Hometown Taizhou, Zhejiang
Height 148 cm (4 ft 10 in)
Weight 37 kg (82 lb)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior international elite
Years on national team 2014-present
Head coach(es) 王群策 (Wang Qunce), 徐惊雷 (Xu Jinglei)
Choreographer 周捷 (Zhou Jie)
Music "String Me" by Céline Roscheck
Medal record
Representing  China
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championships
2015 Glasgow Uneven bars
2015 Glasgow Team
Asian Championships
2015 Hiroshima Balance beam
2015 Hiroshima Team
2015 Hiroshima Uneven bars

Fan Yilin (simplified Chinese: 范忆琳; traditional Chinese: 范憶琳; pinyin: Fàn Yìlín; born 11 November 1999)[1] 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.[2]

Senior career

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,[3] silver with the team,[4] and bronze on uneven bars.[5]

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.[2] "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.[6]

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.

Competitive history

Year Event Team VT UB BB FX
2013 National Championships 1st 5th
National Games 1st 4th
2015 National Championships 2nd 1st 3rd
Asian Championships 2nd 3rd 1st
World Championships 2nd 1st
2016 National Championships 3rd 1st 6th
Olympic Games 3rd 6th

References

  1. ↑ "46th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Womens Entry List By NOC" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 Zaccardi, Nick (31 October 2015). "Four-way tie for gold medal(s) at World Gymnastics Championships". NBC Sports. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "6th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships Women's Finals Apparatus Result Balance Beam" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Japan Gymnastics Association. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "6th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships Women's Final Team All-Around Result" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Japan Gymnastics Association. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "6th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships Women's Finals Apparatus Result Uneven Bars" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Japan Gymnastics Association. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "China's Fan Yilin shares amazing four-way tie for gold at world gymnastics championships". South China Morning Post. South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
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