Yao Jinnan
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Yao Jinnan (born in 1995) is a gymnast from China. She joined the Chinese national team in 2010 and is currently the strongest all-rounders of the Chinese national team. She has a twin sister who started gymnastic training with her but did not continue into elite level training.
In 2011, she made successful international debut by winning gold on bars, beam and floor at the Cottbus world cup. She then won gold on floor and bronze on bars at the Doha world cup.
At the 2011 Chinese National Championships, she got silver in the All-Around and bars event final, and bronze on floor exercise. In the Japan Cup, she won gold in the team event with fellow teammates Yang Yilin
, Sui Lu
and Huang Qiushuang
. In the all-around, she won the bronze medal.
At the 2011 World Gymnastics Championships, Yao had a successful event by completing consistent routines and contributing the biggest scores to win bronze medal in the team competition. She then won the individual all-around bronze metal after fellow first-year senior Jordyn Wieber
and Viktoria Komova
. She also qualified fourth to event finals of beam, where she won the silver medal, and floor exercise.
In 2011, she made successful international debut by winning gold on bars, beam and floor at the Cottbus world cup. She then won gold on floor and bronze on bars at the Doha world cup.
At the 2011 Chinese National Championships, she got silver in the All-Around and bars event final, and bronze on floor exercise. In the Japan Cup, she won gold in the team event with fellow teammates Yang Yilin
Yang Yilin
Yang Yilin is a Chinese gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic all-around 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.-Gymnastic career:...
, Sui Lu
Sui Lu
Sui Lu , is a Chinese gymnast. She started competing at the senior international level in 2009, and has shown strengths on the balance beam and the floor exercise.-Gymnastics career:...
and Huang Qiushuang
Huang Qiushuang
Huang Qiushuang , born on 28 May 1992, is a Chinese gymnast. She is an individual all-arounder. For the Chinese national team, she is a key gymnast in development for the London 2012 Olympic Games.-Gymnastics career:...
. In the all-around, she won the bronze medal.
At the 2011 World Gymnastics Championships, Yao had a successful event by completing consistent routines and contributing the biggest scores to win bronze medal in the team competition. She then won the individual all-around bronze metal after fellow first-year senior Jordyn Wieber
Jordyn Wieber
Jordyn Marie Wieber is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2011 All-Around World Champion, the 2011 U.S. Senior National Champion and the 2011 American Cup Champion. She was also the 2008 U.S. Junior National Champion and the 2009 American Cup Champion.-Personal life:Wieber was born in...
and Viktoria Komova
Viktoria Komova
Viktoria Aleksandrovna Komova was born 30 January 1995 in Voronezh, Russia. She is a Russian artistic gymnast and is the 2010 All-Around Youth Olympic Games Champion...
. She also qualified fourth to event finals of beam, where she won the silver medal, and floor exercise.