Fan Yilin
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| Country represented |  China |
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| Born | November 11, 1999 Shanghai, China |
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| Hometown | Taizhou, Zhejiang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fan Yilin (simplified Chinese: 范忆琳; traditional Chinese: 范憶琳; 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. "I hope to win gold on the uneven bars in Rio and I've targeted at least a silver medal in the team event with the United States our strongest opponents," Fan said.[7]
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 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 |
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1 Women competed on Parallel Bars, not Uneven Bars, at the 1938 World Championships
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