Mao Yi

Mao Yi (Chinese: 毛藝simplified Chinese: 毛艺; traditional Chinese: 毛藝) (born 16 September 1999) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. She won the silver medal with the team in 2015 World Gymnastic Championships.

Mao Yi
— Gymnast ♀ —
Country represented	China
Born	Liaoning, China
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2015-present
Head coach(es)	王群策 (Wang Qunce)、徐惊雷 (Xu Jinglei)
Medal record Competitor for  China World Championships 2015 Glasgow Team Asian Championships 2015 Hiroshima Team

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Senior career

Mao started her senior career in 2015. She was selected into the National Team in February, 2015. In May, she competed at the 2015 Chinese National Championships, winning silver with the Shanghai Team. She also placed fourth in the all-around, eighth on both balance beam and floor.

Later, she made her international debut at the 2015 Asian Championships in Hiroshima, Japan. She won silver with the Chinese Team^[2] and placed seventh on floor^[3] Noticeably, she upgraded her vault from a Yurchenko (D4.4) to a Double Twisting Yurchenko (D5.8) since her training at the National Team.

References

1. "China’s women take silver at world gymnastics championships as they look to vault out of the men’s shadow". South China Morning Post. Associated Press. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
2. "6th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships Women's Final Team All-Around Result" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Japan Gymnastics Association. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
3. "6th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships Women's Final Apparatus Result Floor Exercise" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Japan Gymnastics Association. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.