Mao Yi
| Mao Yi | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| — Gymnast ♀ — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 China | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
September 16, 1999[1] Ruijin, Jiangxi, China | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2015 - present | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | 王群策 (Wang Qunce), 徐惊雷 (Xu Jinglei) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mao Yi (simplified Chinese: 毛艺; traditional Chinese: 毛藝; pinyin: Máo Yì; born 16 September 1999)[1] is a Chinese artistic gymnast. She won the silver medal with the team in 2015 World Gymnastic Championships. [2]
Senior career
Mao started her senior career in 2015. She was selected into the National Team in February, 2015. In May, she competed at the 2015 Chinese National Championships, winning silver with the Shanghai Team. She also placed fourth in the all-around, eighth on both balance beam and floor.
Later, she made her international debut at the 2015 Asian Championships in Hiroshima, Japan, where she won silver with the Chinese Team[3] and placed seventh on floor[4] Noticeably, she upgraded her vault from a Yurchenko (D4.4) to a Double Twisting Yurchenko (D5.8) since her training at the National Team.
Mao was named to compete at the 2015 World Championships, where she won silver with the team.
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2015 | National Championships | 2nd | 4th | 8th | 8th | ||
| Asian Championships | 2nd | 7th | |||||
| World Championships | 2nd | ||||||
| 2016 | National Championships | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | |||
| Olympic Games | 3rd |
References
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- 1 2 Yi Mao. rio2016.com
- ↑ "China's women take silver at world gymnastics championships as they look to vault out of the men's shadow". South China Morning Post. Associated Press. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ↑ "6th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships Women's Final Team All-Around Result" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Japan Gymnastics Association. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ↑ "6th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships Women's Final Apparatus Result Floor Exercise" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Japan Gymnastics Association. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.