Yao Jinnan was born on February 8,1995 and is a retired artistic gymnast who represented China at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
20 Facts About Yao Jinnan
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Yao Jinnan is the 2014 world champion on the uneven bars, and the 2011 world all-around bronze medalist and balance beam silver medalist.
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Yao Jinnan made her international debut at a World Cup event in Cottbus, Germany, where she won gold medals on the uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise.
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Yao Jinnan then won gold on floor and bronze on bars at the Doha World Cup.
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At the 2011 Chinese National Championships, Yao Jinnan received silver medals in the all-around and on uneven bars, and bronze on floor exercise.
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Yao Jinnan was named to the Chinese women's team for the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and performed well in the preliminary round, qualifying to the all-around, beam and floor finals.
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Yao Jinnan made some mistakes in the bars final but still managed to take the bronze medal behind Russia's Anastasia Grishina and France's Youna Dufournet.
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At the Zibo World Cup in May 2012, Yao Jinnan won gold medals on uneven bars and balance beam, ahead of her teammate Huang Qiushuang, who won the silver on both events.
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Yao Jinnan was scheduled to compete at the Chinese National Championships later that month, but had to withdraw after injuring her knee in podium training.
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Yao Jinnan was nonetheless named to the Chinese women's gymnastics team for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, along with Huang, Sui, Deng Linlin and He Kexin.
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Yao Jinnan fell on three of the four: beam, where she scored 12.833 ; floor, where she scored 13.066, and vault, where she scored 13.133.
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Yao Jinnan finished 22nd overall but did not qualify to the all-around final because of the two-per-country rule.
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Yao Jinnan was awarded a 15.766 and finished in fourth place, 0.15 behind bronze medalist Beth Tweddle of Great Britain.
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Yao Jinnan was selected to compete at the 2013 World Championships along with Shang, Zeng Siqi and Huang Huidan.
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Yao Jinnan was selected to compete at the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, where she won the team silver with Huang, Shang, Tan Jiaxin, Bai Yawen and Chen Siyi.
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Yao Jinnan was awarded the Longines Prize for Elegance and received a trophy, a Longines watch and US$5,000.
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Yao Jinnan traveled to the United States for the operation.
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Yao Jinnan was left out of the Olympic squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Yao Jinnan has a twin sister who started gymnastics training with her but did not continue to the elite level.
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Yao Jinnan retired from artistic gymnastics due to a shoulder injury.