FAN Yilin

People's Republic of China

Artistic Gymnastics

Date of Birth: 11 Nov 1999

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.48/4'10''

Place of birth: TAIZHOU

Birth Country:

People's Republic of China

Place of residence : SHANGHAI

Residence Country:

People's Republic of China

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Artistic Gymnastics	Women's Uneven Bars	7

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Uneven Bars	Women's Uneven Bars Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	BB	FX	UB	Team
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	6	40	9	3

World Championships

Year	Location	BB	UB	Team
2017	Montreal, QC, CAN	-	1	-
2015	Glasgow, GBR	28	1	2

World Cup overview - Best rank per season and event since 2017

Year	UB
2019/2020	3 x 1st

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2019/2020	Uneven Bars	Baku, AZE	15.133
1	2019/2020	Uneven Bars	Cottbus, GER	14.800
1	2019/2020	Uneven Bars	Melbourne, VIC, AUS	14.833
2	2019/2020	Uneven Bars	Doha, QAT	14.933
8	2019/2020	Uneven Bars	Cottbus, GER	13.866

Legend
BB - Balance Beam, FX - Floor Excercise, UB - Uneven Bars, VT - Vault, AA - Individual All-Around, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Nickname:

Fanfan (newsxmwb.xinmin.cn, 07 Sep 2017)

Hobbies:

Baking. (k.sina.com.cn, 28 Feb 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Human Resources - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, People's Republic of China

Languages spoken:

Mandarin

Club name:

Shanghai [People's Republic of China]

Sporting relatives:

Her younger brother has been a member of the Shanghai shooting team in the People's Republic of China. (mt.sohu.com, 05 Aug 2016)

Injuries:

In 2017 she ruptured her cruciate ligament and missed the selection tests for the Chinese national team ahead of the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. (baijiahao.baidu.com, 12 Aug 2018)

National team:

2014 (mt.sohu.com, 05 Aug 2016)

Start:

She took up the sport at age six in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. (dy.163.com, 12 Aug 2018; mt.sohu.com, 05 Aug 2016)

Reason:

Her father encouraged her to try the sport. (dy.163.com, 12 Aug 2018; mt.sohu.com, 05 Aug 2016)

Ambition:

To win gold on uneven bars at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (k.sina.com.cn, 28 Feb 2019)

Hero:

Australian artistic gymnast Larrissa Miller. (fig-gymnastics.com, 03 Oct 2018)

Award:

She was presented with the 2016 Sports Medal of Honour by the General Administration of Sport of China. (sports.ifeng.com, 05 Jan 2017)

In 2013 she was named an Elite Athlete of National Class by the General Administration of Sport of China. (sport.gov.cn, 14 Nov 2013)

General Interest

General
NAMED ELEMENT
In December 2017 'The Fan' was added to the Code of Points for the uneven bars by the International Gymnastics Federation [FIG]. The element, first performed by her at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal, QC, Canada, involves a dismount from L-grip, swing backward, half [180 degree] turn to double salto backward tucked and has a 'D' value. (fig-gymnastics.com, 15 Dec 2017)

HISTORIC SHARED GOLD
She shared the gold medal for the uneven bars with Viktoria Komova, Daria Spiridonova and Madison Kocian at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. All four athletes finished with a score of 15.366 to record the first time that four athletes had tied for a gold medal in the history of the world championships. (reuters.com, 31 Oct 2015)

Social Media

http://weibo.com/u/2195408560

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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