Fan Yilin

Fan did not compete for much of the year, missing both the Chinese National Championships in the spring and the Asian Games in August. However, she competed at the Individual National Championships where she won gold on the uneven bars. Despite this result, she was not chosen to compete at the World Championships. Because she missed the World Championships, she became eligible to qualify an individual nominative spot to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan as the winner of the 2018-2020 FIG Individual Apparatus World Cup series on the uneven bars, based on the new qualification rules introduced following the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Fan competed at the Baku World Cup where she finished first on uneven bars during qualifications and qualified to the event final. However event finals were canceled due to the 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Azerbaijan.

Fan competed at the Chinese National Championships in May, and she won gold on uneven bars with a 0.434 lead, and she placed sixth on beam. At the conclusion of the Chinese Championships, Fan was named to the Chinese team for the 2016 Summer Olympics along with Shang Chunsong, Mao Yi, Wang Yan, and Liu Tingting (who was later replaced by alternate Tan Jiaxin due to a hand injury).

Fan competed in the women's qualification round at the 2016 Summer Olympics on August 7, scoring 15.266 on bars, 14.866 on beam, and 13.500 on floor exercise. She helped the Chinese team qualify into the team final in second place behind the United States. Individually, Fan qualified sixth into the balance beam final. Controversially, Fan failed to qualify for the uneven bars final placing ninth due to missing some connections in her routine. Her countrywoman Shang Chunsong qualified ahead of her by 0.034.

Fan's senior career started in 2015. At the Chinese National Championships in May, Fan won gold in uneven bars final, ahead of world champion Huang Huidan In addition, she won silver with the Shanghai team and placed third on balance beam. She later made her senior international debut as a member of the Chinese team at the 2015 Asian Championships in Hiroshima, Japan, where she won gold on balance beam, silver with the team, and bronze on uneven bars.

In 2013, Fan represented Zhejiang in the 1999-2000 Junior National Championships. The team won gold overall, and Fan placed fifth in the uneven bars final. At the 2013 Chinese National Games, Fan won team gold again and placed fourth on uneven bars. She did not compete in 2014 due to injuries.

Fan Yilin (simplified Chinese: 范忆琳 ; traditional Chinese: 范憶琳 ; pinyin: Fàn Yìlín ; born 11 November 1999) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. She is a two-time world champion on the uneven bars (2015, 2017). She represented China at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the team competition. At the 2015 World Championships, she was in the first ever four-way tie along with Viktoria Komova, Daria Spiridonova, and Madison Kocian.

Fan Yilin was born on 11 November 1999 in Taizhou, Zhejiang. Her father, Fan Bingzhu, is a former professional wrestler. Fan began gymnastics at the age of six in order to improve her health since she had been ill as a child.