Lin Chaopan

Lin Chaopan
Nickname	Prince of Gymnastics
Born	(1995-08-27) 27 August 1995 Jinjiang, China
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Gymnastics career
Country represented	China
Club	Fujian Province
Head coach	Wang Hongwei
Medal record Representing China Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2020 Tokyo Team World Championships 2013 Antwerp Parallel Bars 2014 Nanning Team 2018 Doha Team 2017 Montreal All-Around 2019 Stuttgart Team 2023 Antwerp Team 2015 Glasgow Team Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Team 2018 Jakarta All-Around 2022 Hangzhou Team 2022 Hangzhou Horizontal Bar 2018 Jakarta Floor Exercise 2022 Hangzhou Floor Exercise Asian Championships 2012 Putian Team 2017 Bangkok Team 2017 Bangkok Floor Exercise 2017 Bangkok Horizontal Bar 2022 Doha Team 2012 Putian Horizontal Bar 2017 Bangkok All-Around 2022 Doha Horizontal Bar National Gamess 2017 Tianjin All-Around 2021 Shaanxi Horizontal Bar 2017 Tianjin Floor Exercise 2017 Tianjin Parallel Bars 2017 Tianjin Horizontal Bar

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin.

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

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.

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.

Lin studied coaching at Beijing Sport University.

Career

2013

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.

2014

Lin was selected to compete at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China where he helped China win team gold. Lin failed to qualify for any individual finals.

2015

Lin competed at World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain, where his team placed third. He failed to qualify for any individual finals.

2016

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.

2017

In August, Lin competed at the Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, where his team placed first. He won second all around, as well as first on floor exercise and high bar.

In October, Lin competed at the World Championships in Montreal, Canada, where he placed second all around.

2018

In August, Lin competed at the Asian Games in Indonesia, where his team placed first. He placed first all around, as well as third on floor exercise.

In October, Lin competed at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar, where his team placed first.

2019

Lin competed at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where his team placed second.

2021

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. The team won Olympic bronze with a combined score of 262.397, 0.606 points beneath the winning team.

External links

• LIN Chaopan at World Gymnastics (archive1, archive2)