Lin Chaopan
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| Nickname(s) | Prince of Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 August 1995 Jinjiang, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Beijing, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | People's Republic of China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fujian Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Wang Hongwei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lin Chaopan (Chinese: 林超攀; pinyin: Lín Chāopān, born 27 August 1995) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, as well as the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Personal life
[edit]Lin was born 27 August 1995 in Jinjiang, China. He started gymnastics at age five in Quanzhou, China after being scouting by coach Shi Boping.[1]
Lin has received two awards. The General Administration of Sport of China named him an Elite Athlete of International Class in 2014 and presented him the Sports Medal of Honour in 2016.[1]
Lin studied coaching at Beijing Sport University.[1]
Career
[edit]2013
[edit]Lin made his World Championships debut at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. In the parallel bars final, he won the gold with a score of 15.666. He also placed eighth at the horizontal bar final and ninth in the Individual All-Around.[1]
2014
[edit]Lin was selected to compete at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China where he helped China win team gold.[1] Lin failed to qualify for any individual finals.
2015
[edit]Lin competed at World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain, where his team placed third.[1] He failed to qualify for any individual finals.
2016
[edit]At the 2016 Chinese Gymnastics Championships he won all-around, parallel bars and floor gold.
Lin competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where his team placed third.[1]
2017
[edit]In August, Lin competed at the Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, where his team placed first.[1] He won second all around, as well as first on floor exercise and high bar.[1]
In October, Lin competed at the World Championships in Montreal, Canada, where he placed second all around.[1]
2018
[edit]In August, Lin competed at the Asian Games in Indonesia, where his team placed first.[1] He placed first all around, as well as third on floor exercise.[1]
In October, Lin competed at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar, where his team placed first.[1]
2019
[edit]Lin competed at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where his team placed second.[1]
2021
[edit]At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Lin competed for the People's Republic of China, a team including Sun Wei, Zou Jingyuan, Xiao Ruoteng, and Lin Chaopan.[2] The team won Olympic bronze with a combined score of 262.397, 0.606 points beneath the winning team.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Artistic Gymnastics LIN Chaopan". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics - Team China". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics - Final Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
External links
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2014: China (CHN), Cheng Ran, Deng Shudi, Lin Chaopan, Liu Yang, You Hao, Zhang Chenglong, Liu Rongbing2018: China (CHN), Deng Shudi, Lan Xingyu, Lin Chaopan, Sun Wei, Xiao Ruoteng, Zou Jingyuan |
Asian Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's All-Around | |
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Asian Games bronze medalists for China
- Asian Games medalists in gymnastics
- Chinese male artistic gymnasts
- Gymnasts at the 2018 Asian Games
- Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts from Fujian
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts for China
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Olympic bronze medalists for China
- Sportspeople from Quanzhou
- Gymnasts at the 2022 Asian Games