Wang Yan (gymnast)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang.
Wang Yan
 Gymnast 
Full name 王妍 (Wang Yan)
Country represented  China
Born (1999-10-30) 30 October 1999
Beijing, China
Hometown Beijing, China
Height 140 cm (4 ft 7 in)
Weight 33 kg (73 lb)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior international elite
Head coach(es) 王群策 (Wang Qunce), 徐惊雷 (Xu Jinglei)
Music Run Boy Run by Woodkid

Wang Yan (Chinese: 王妍; pinyin: Wáng Yán; born 30 October 1999) is a senior elite Chinese gymnast. She won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

2013

Wang competed at the Chinese Nationals, placing fourth on balance beam, fifth with her team, and tenth in the all-around. She went on to compete at the National Games of China, placing fourth in the all-around and on vault, sixth on floor, and eighth with her team. She made her international debut at the Japan Junior International, winning silver in the all-around and on vault, bronze on beam, and placing fifth on uneven bars.

2014

In April, she competed at the Junior Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, winning all-around gold, team and floor silver, and placing fourth on vault. At the Chinese Nationals in May, she won the gold medal on vault, as well as a bronze medal in the all-around and floor exercise. She placed seventh with her team. In August, she competed at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing. She placed fourth in the all around due to falls on the two events she qualified in first in, uneven bars and balance beam, but had strong vault and floor routines. She won a bronze on uneven bars, and golds on vault and balance beam.[1]

Wang became a senior elite gymnast in 2015.

2015

As a first year senior, Wang competed at the Chinese Nationals in June, qualifying first into the all-around and vault finals, in addition to the balance beam and floor finals. She was also third reserve for the uneven bars final. She earned silver in the all-around final behind Shang Chunsong.

2016

Wang competed at the Chinese Nationals in May, qualifying third into the all-around, vault finals, and floor finals. She also qualified fourth into the balance beam finals.

She placed fourth in the all-around finals. In addition, she placed eighth in both balance beam and floor finals with major mistakes. At the conclusion of the Chinese Championships, Wang was named to the Chinese team for the 2016 Summer Olympics along with Shang Chunsong, Mao Yi, Fan Yilin, and Liu Tingting (who was replaced by Tan Jiaxin later due to an injury). She proved her placement on the team with some of the most solid routines of the team. In qualifying, she qualified 6th to the all around, and also qualified for vault and floor finals, the only gymnast on the team to qualify to multiple event finals. In the team final she helped the team win a bronze medal, behind Russia and the United States who won silver and gold respectively. In the all around final, she performed well again, placing 6th. In the vault final, she placed 6th. In the floor final, she performed one of her best routines placing 5th.

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2013National Championships 5th 10th 4th
National Games 8th 4th 4th 6th
Japan Junior International 2nd 2nd 5th 3rd
2014Asian Championships (Junior) 2nd 1st 4th 2nd
National Championships 7th 3rd 1st 3rd
Youth Olympic Games 4th 1st 3rd 1st
2015National Championships 5th 2nd 1st 5th 1st
Asian Championships 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 1st
2016National Championships 4th 4th WD 8th 8th
Olympic Games 3rd 6th 5th 5th

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