Fan Yilin

Fan Yilin
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Personal information
Country represented	China
Born	November 11, 1999 Shanghai, China
Hometown	Shanghai, China
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)
Medal record Competitor for  China World Championships 2015 Glasgow Uneven Bars 2015 Glasgow Team Asian Championships 2015 Hiroshima Balance Beam 2015 Hiroshima Team 2015 Hiroshima Uneven Bars

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. 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]

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	VT	UB	BB	FX
2013	National Championships	1st		5th
	National Games	1st		4th
2015	National Championships	2nd		1st	3rd
	Asian Championships	2nd		3rd	1st
	World Championships	2nd		1st

References

1. "46th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Womens Entry List By NOC" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
2. Zaccardi, Nick (31 October 2015). "Four-way tie for gold medal(s) at World Gymnastics Championships". NBC Sports. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
3. "6th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships Women's Finals Apparatus Result Balance Beam" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Japan Gymnastics Association. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
4. "6th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships Women's Final Team All-Around Result" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Japan Gymnastics Association. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
5. "6th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships Women's Finals Apparatus Result Uneven Bars" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Japan Gymnastics Association. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
6. "China's Fan Yilin shares amazing four-way tie for gold at world gymnastics championships". South China Morning Post. South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.