Tan Jiaxin

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Tan Jiaxin
Full name譚佳薪 (Tan Jiaxin)
Country represented China
Born (1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 (age 27)
HometownChangsha, Hunan, China
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Head coach(es)Xiong Jingbin (熊景斌), Zhang Xia(张霞)
RetiredSeptember 2017
Medal record
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Nanning Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Glasgow Team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Bangkok Team
East Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tianjin Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tianjin Uneven Bars
Silver medal – second place 2013 Tianjin Vault

Tan Jiaxin (simplified Chinese: 谭佳薪; traditional Chinese: 譚佳薪; pinyin: Tán Jiāxīn; born December 3, 1996, in Changsha) is an elite Chinese gymnast.

Career[edit]

2012[edit]

Although she did not make the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Tan has continued to compete and become a strong player for China. Later in 2012, she competed at the Chinese Individual Nationals in the fall, winning silver on uneven bars.

2013[edit]

In 2013, she won gold on uneven bars at the Doha World Cup. She won team bronze medals at the Chinese Nationals and Chinese National Games, and also placed sixth on vault in the latter competition. She was named to the Chinese team for the East Asian Games, where she won gold with her team and on uneven bars, and silver on vault.

In November, she was named to the Chinese team for the Stuttgart World Cup, where she won the gold medal in the Team Challenge

2014[edit]

Tan did not compete at Chinese Nationals in May.

Tan was named to the team selected to compete at both the Asian Games in Incheon and World Championships in Nanning. Alongside teammates Yao Jinnan, Shang Chunsong, Huang Huidan, Chen Siyi, and Bai Yawen, the Chinese team won gold in Incheon ahead of the North Korean and Japanese teams and silver in Nanning behind the United States and ahead of Russia. Individually at Worlds, Tan placed third in the uneven bars qualifications with a score of 15.333 points but was unable to compete in the final due to the two-per-country rule; teammates Yao and Huang placed ahead of her in first and second place, respectively.

2015[edit]

Tan participated in the World Championships in Glasgow. Again, the Chinese team won a silver medal behind the United States, and this time ahead of Great Britain. Tan contributed one of the highest scores in vault (tied with Wang Yan) of the Chinese team and 15.133 in the uneven bars behind Fan Yilin and Shang Chunsong during the team final.

2016[edit]

At age 19, Tan won gold medal with her team at the Chinese Nationals, and also won silver medal on the uneven bars. Tan was initially named as an alternate to China's 2016 Olympics team, but after teammate Liu Tingting suffered an injury and pulled out, she was named to the 2016 Olympic team.[1]

Competitive history[edit]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2012 National Championships 3rd 3rd
2013 Doha World Cup 1st
National Championships 3rd
National Games 3rd 6th
East Asian Games 1st 2nd 1st
Stuttgart World Cup 1st
2014 Asian Games 1st
World Championships 2nd
2015 National Championships 1st 5th
World Championships 2nd
2016 National Championships 1st 2nd
Olympic Games 3rd

References[edit]

  1. ^ Turner, Amanda (July 18, 2016). "Tan Jiaxin to Replace Liu Tingting in Rio". intlgymnast.com. Retrieved September 10, 2019.

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