Bai Yawen

Bai Yawen
 Gymnast 
Full name 白雅雯 (Bai Yawen)
Country represented  China
Born (1998-09-09) 9 September 1998
Hometown Nanning, Guangxi, China
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Head coach(es) Li Zheng (李政), Sun Haiou (孙海欧)

Bai Yawen (Chinese: 白雅雯) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. She is the 2014 World balance beam silver medalist. She is also the 2014 World team silver medalist.

2014

2014 was Bai Yawen's first year as a senior gymnast.

At the Chinese National Championships in May, she won the silver on Balance Beam. Later that year, Bai was selected to represent China at the Asian Games in Incheon where she and her teammates Yao Jinnan, Shang Chunsong, Huang Huidan, Tan Jiaxin, and Chen Siyi won team gold. Bai also competed at the World Championships in Nanning, where the Chinese team won the silver medal behind the United States. Despite individually qualifying to the Balance Beam Final, Bai did not compete in Team Finals. However, she later won the silver medal in the Balance Beam Final behind Simone Biles of the United States and ahead of then-reigning World Champion Aliya Mustafina of Russia.

2015

In February 2015, Yawen competed at the 2015 WOGA Classic, finishing eighth all-around.[1]

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2014National Championships 10th 2nd 7th
Asian Games 1st 7th
World Championships 2nd 2nd
2015WOGA Classic 8th
National Championships 9th 8th

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