1. Fan Yilin is a Chinese artistic gymnast and uneven bars specialist.
22 Facts About Fan Yilin
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Fan Yilin is a two-time world champion on the uneven bars and the 2015 Asian champion on balance beam.
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Fan Yilin was a member of the Chinese team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in the team competition, and competed at the 2020 Olympic Games.
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Fan Yilin was born on 11 November 1999 in Taizhou, Zhejiang.
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Fan Yilin's father, Fan Bingzhu, is a former professional wrestler.
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At the 2013 Chinese National Games, Fan Yilin won team gold again and placed fourth on uneven bars.
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Fan Yilin later made her senior international debut as a member of the Chinese team at the 2015 Asian Championships in Hiroshima, Japan, where she won gold on balance beam, silver with the team, and bronze on uneven bars.
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Fan Yilin was selected to compete at the World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland alongside Shang Chunsong, Wang Yan, Mao Yi, Tan Jiaxin, Chen Siyi, and Zhu Xiaofang.
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Individually, after qualifying in fifth-place, Fan Yilin won gold 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 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.
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Fan Yilin helped the Chinese team qualify into the team final in second place behind the United States.
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Controversially, Fan Yilin failed to qualify for the uneven bars final placing ninth due to missing some connections in her routine.
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Fan Yilin competed at the National Championships, placing third on the uneven bars and seventh on balance beam.
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Fan Yilin was not named to the team competing at the Asian Championships.
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Fan Yilin was named to the team roster to compete at the World Championships along with Liu Tingting, Luo Huan, and Wang Yan.
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Fan Yilin won the uneven bars final with a 15.166 ahead of Elena Eremina of Russia and Nina Derwael of Belgium after upgrading from the first day of competition to have the highest difficulty score in the final.
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Fan Yilin returned to international competition at the Cottbus World Cup, where she qualified in first place to the uneven bars final ahead of new world champion Nina Derwael; however, in the final, she fell on her eponymous dismount and placed eighth.
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Fan Yilin was selected to compete at the Melbourne World Cup alongside countrywoman Lyu Jiaqi, who she beat to win gold in the uneven bars final.
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Fan Yilin was not included in the selection pool for the Chinese team at the 2019 World Championships due to her participation in the world cup series.
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Fan Yilin concluded her year by competing at the 2019 Cottbus World Cup in November, qualifying in second place to the uneven bars final behind Anastasia Agafonova of Russia.
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Fan Yilin competed at the Baku World Cup where she finished first on uneven bars during qualifications and qualified to the event final.
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Fan Yilin has an uneven bars dismount named after her in the Code of Points.