| Yang Yilin | |
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 Yang at the 2008 Olympic Games | |
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Country represented |
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Born |
August 26 1992 |
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Years on National Team |
2007-2010 |
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Coach(es) |
Lu Shanzhen & Liu Qunlin |
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Current status |
Retired |
Yang Yilin (born August 26, 1992 in Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong) is a Chinese gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic all-around bronze medalist, Olympic Uneven bars bronze medalist and a member of the gold medal winning Chinese Olympics gymnastics team. Yang was also the 2007 World Championships bronze medalist on the uneven bars. She is best remembered for her elegance.
Featured Gymnast for November 2012
Gymnastics Career[]
In 2007, Yang was a member of the Chinese team for the World Championships. She won two medals: a silver with the Chinese team, and an individual bronze on the uneven bars. She also placed sixth all-around. Yang was also the all-around gold medalist at the 2007 Intercity Games, a national multi-sport event for teenagers aged 13 to 15 in China. In the spring of 2008, she led the Guangdong team to gold at Chinese National Championships and claimed individual medals in the all-around, uneven bars, and floor exercise.
At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Yang won the bronze medal in the individual all-around final with a score of 62.650, a bronze in the uneven bars event final and contributed marks (15.100 on vault and 16.800 on uneven bars) towards the gold medal in the team competition.
In 2009 and 2010, Yang represented China to participate in World Championships. She won bronze medal within team in 2010. She retired after the 2012 Olympics and became a cheerleader for her university team.
Medal Count[]
| Year | Event | TF | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2007 | Stuttgart World Championships | 2nd | 6 | 3rd | |||
| Intercity Games | 1st | ||||||
| 2008 | Chinese National Championships | 1st | 1st | ||||
| Tianjin World Cup | 1st | 2nd | |||||
| Beijing Olympic Games | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | ||||
| Stuttgart World Cup | 3rd | 3rd | |||||
| 2009 | London World Championships | 6 | 8 | ||||
| Chinese National Games | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | ||||
| 2010 | Ghent World Cup | 4 | 2nd | ||||
| Rotterdam World Championships | 3rd | ||||||
| Guangzhou Asian Games | 1st |
Floor Music[]
2008 - "Bolero" from Moulin Rouge!
2010 - "Laguna Guitarra" by Agua Loca
| Chinese All-Around National Championships | |
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Wu Jiani • Ma Yanhong • Yang Yanli • Chen Cuiting • Fan Di • Zhang Xia • Li Yan • Li Yifang • Liu Xuan • Kang Xin • Yang Yilin • Jiang Yuyuan • He Ning • Sui Lu • Tan Sixin • Deng Linlin • Yao Jinnan • Shang Chunsong • Luo Huan • Liu Tingting • Lu Yufei • Tang Xijing |