Main:Fan Yilin

Fan Yilin
Fan at the 2020 Olympic Games
Country represented	China
Born	November 11 1999 (1999-11-11) Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
Years on National Team	2014-present
Coach(es)	Xu Jinglei, Wang Qunce
Current status	Active

Fan Yilin (Chinese: 范忆琳; pinyin: Fàn Yìlín; born November 11 in Taizhou, Zhejiang) is an elite Chinese gymnast. She's a two-time Olympian, having competed in 2016 Rio de Janeiro and 2020 Tokyo. She was a member of the silver medal winning Chinese teams at the 2015 Asian Championships and World Championships. She is also 2015 World Uneven Bars Co-Champion with Russia's Viktoria Komova and Daria Spiridonova and USA's Madison Kocian, the first ever four-way tie for a gold medal in gymnastics history. In 2017, she won the World title on bars outright.

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Junior Career

Fan competed at the 2013 Chinese Nationals in the spring, winning team gold and placing fifth on the uneven bars. She went on to win team gold again and place fourth on uneven bars at the 2013 Chinese National Games. She unfortunately missed the 2014 season due to injuries.

Senior Career

2015

Fan returned to competition at the Li Ning Cup Eastern Qualifier, winning gold on uneven bars. She went on to win uneven bars gold, team silver, and balance beam bronze at the Chinese National Championships. She was named to the Chinese team for the Asian Championships in Japan, where she won balance beam gold, team silver, and uneven bars bronze. Afterwards she was named to the Chinese team for the World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland in late October.

In Glasgow, Fan contributed to the Chinese team qualifying to the team final in fourth place, and additionally qualified to the uneven bars final alongside teammate Shang Chunsong. The Chinese team had a better performance in the team final, securing a silver medal behind the Americans and ahead of Great Britain. In the uneven bars final, Fan competed third. She hit a clean routine and scored a 15.366, four tenths higher than her score from qualifications. She maintained the top spot throughout the final, only because three other gymnasts received the same score and tied with her. She shared the gold medal with Viktoria Komova and Daria Spiridonova and USA's Madison Kocian in the first ever four-way tie for a gold medal in gymnastics history.

2016

Fan competed at the Chinese National Championships in May, winning gold on uneven bars and placing sixth on floor exercise. She was confirmed as a member of the Chinese Olympic team in July.

Rio Olympics

China competed in the first subdivision of qualifications, starting on balance beam. Due to tight scores in the beginning of the competition, although Fan hit her routine on uneven bars, she only qualified as a first reserve for the final. China qualified second into the team final and Fan qualified sixth into the balance beam final. In the team final, China could not replicate their success from the last two World Championships and instead won the bronze. Fan placed sixth in the balance beam final.

2017

Fan continued to compete after Rio, winning uneven bars bronze, and placing fifth with her team and seventh on balance beam at the Chinese National Championships in May. In September, she competed at the Chinese National Games, winning gold on uneven bars and bronze with her team. In October, she competed at the World Championships in Montreal, Canada, qualifying for the uneven bars final. As the only reigning World Champion on bars from Glasgow competing, she was able to claim the title for herself alone.

2018

After missing most of the season, Fan competed at the Chinese Individual National Championships in September, winning gold on uneven bars. In November, she competed at the Cottbus World Cup, but a fall on the uneven bars landed her in eighth place.

2019

Fan redeemed herself at the Melbourne World Cup in February, winning gold on bars, and later took silver on bars at the Doha World Cup. In May, she competed at the Chinese National Championships, placing fourth on bars and seventh with her team. In September, she competed at the Chinese Individual Nationals, winning gold on uneven bars. She competed at the Cottbus World Cup in November, winning gold on uneven bars.

2020-2021

Fan competed at the postponed Chinese National Championships, winning gold on bars and placing sixth with her team. She competed only uneven bars at the 2021 Chinese Championships, placing seventh with her provincial team and winning the national title on the uneven bars once again. After the Doha World Cup, Fan's results on the uneven bars earned her an individual berth to the Olympics.

Tokyo Olympics

Fan competed in the second subdivision, starting on vault. She qualified to the uneven bars final in ninth place, but a fall in the final caused her to finish seventh.

Post-Olympics

Fan competed at the Chinese National Games in September, winning gold on uneven bars.

Medal Count

Year	Event	TF	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2013	Chinese National Championships	1st			5
	Liaoning Chinese National Games	1st			4
2015	Li-Ning Cup Eastern Qualifier				1st
	Chinese National Championships	2nd			1st	3rd
	Hiroshima Asian Championships	2nd			3rd	1st
	Glasgow World Championships	2nd			1st
2016	Chinese National Championships				1st		6
	Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	3rd				6
2017	Chinese National Championships	5			3rd	7
	Tianjin Chinese National Games	3rd			1st
	Montreal World Championships				1st
2018	Chinese Individual National Championships				1st
	Cottbus World Cup				8
2019	Melbourne World Cup				1st
	Doha World Cup				2nd
	Chinese National Championships	7			4
	Chinese Individual National Championships				1st
	Cottbus World Cup				1st
2020	Chinese National Championships	6			1st
2021	Chinese National Championships	7			1st
	Tokyo Olympic Games				7
	Shaanxi Chinese National Games				1st

Floor Music

2017 - "On the Run" by Yello