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34-619: 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. 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's senior career started in 2015. At

68-704: A 1,382.4 metres (4,535 ft) peak in the Kuocang Mountains, and also the highest point in the east of the Zhejiang Province. Taizhou has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cfa ) with four distinctive seasons. Occasionally struck by typhoons in the summers, the climate characterised by hot, humid summers and drier and cold winters with occasional snow. The mean annual temperature is 16.6 to 17.5 °C (61.9 to 63.5 °F) from north to south east coastal area, while mean annual rainfall ranges from 1,185 to 2,029 millimetres (46.7 to 79.9 in). Taizhou

102-669: A score of 14.500. Fan competed at the National Championships, placing third on the uneven bars and seventh on balance beam. She was not named to the team competing at the Asian Championships . However, she performed well at the National Games later in the year and won gold on uneven bars. She was named to the team roster to compete at the World Championships along with Liu Tingting , Luo Huan , and Wang Yan . In

136-540: A waterslide while working as an aide at a children's summer camp by the Baltic Sea . She broke her C5 vertebra and was nearly paralysed. Three vertebrae were later reinforced with a metal plate. Facing a strong competition after the reunification of East Germany and West Germany, she first took temporary coaching positions in South Africa and Great Britain, both for a few months in 1990. From 1993 until 2004 she worked as

170-549: Is a city located at the middle of the East China Sea coast of Zhejiang province . It is located 300 km (190 mi) south of Shanghai and 230 km (140 mi) southeast of Hangzhou , the provincial capital. It is bordered by Ningbo to the north, Wenzhou to the south, and Shaoxing , Jinhua , and Lishui to west. In addition to the municipality itself, the prefecture-level city of Taizhou includes 3 districts , 3 county-level cities , and 3 counties . As of

204-578: Is included. The city's people are reputed to be industrious and business-minded, although not to the same degree as neighboring Wenzhou . Many people from the area have migrated abroad after economic reforms began in China in 1978. The city's seafood is of note. The Guoqing Temple where the Tiantai ( Chinese and Japanese : 天台宗; pinyin : tiāntāi zōng ; ), an important school of Buddhism in China, Japan , Korea , and Vietnam originates,

238-551: Is located here. In Japan the school is known as Tendai , and in Korea it is known as Cheontae . Maxi Gnauck Maxi Gnauck (born 10 October 1964) is a German former artistic gymnast who represented East Germany . With a total of 27 medals at the Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cups, and European Championships she is considered one of the most successful woman gymnasts that Germany has ever produced. In 1980 she

272-532: Is not mutually intelligible with Mandarin Chinese , and only partially intelligible with Shanghainese . There is also a small portion of Min Nan and Wenzhou dialect speakers in the southern regions. None of these three languages are mutually intelligible amongst each other, but the linguistic diversity of some regions has resulted in a segment of the population becoming fluent in speaking up to four languages, when Mandarin

306-767: Is one of China's top ten auto manufacturers. Chinese auto parts manufacturer based Yuanhuan was one of China auto parts manufacturer based, here can produce all auto parts for vehicles. The largest HVAC fan company Yilida is also located in Taizhou. It is listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange (Stock #002686) and has acquired Fulihua fan company in Suzhou in 2012. Taizhou is also one of the most important Mandarin , Loquat , Wendan (a kind of Pomelo ), Myrica rubra producers in China. Other agricultural product including Rice , Canola , edible Wild rice stems or Zizania latifolia, Eddoe , Water chestnut , Bamboo Historically, Taizhou

340-505: Is one of the birthplace of China's private economy in the early days of economic reforms in China . It is the cradle of the Chinese private economy, the name of Taizhou Model is after it. It is the 4th most populous, and the 4th largest industrial prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province as of 2011 . Chinese automotive manufacturing company Geely was founded in Taizhou which completed its acquisition of Volvo Cars in 2010,

374-523: The 2016 Summer Olympics . Fan returned to international competition at the Cottbus World Cup , where she qualified in first place to the uneven bars final ahead of new world champion Nina Derwael ; however, in the final, she fell on her eponymous dismount and placed eighth. Fan was selected to compete at the Melbourne World Cup alongside countrywoman Lyu Jiaqi , who she beat to win gold in

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408-569: The 2019 Cottbus World Cup in November, qualifying in second place to the uneven bars final behind Anastasia Agafonova of Russia. In the final, she upgraded her routine to narrowly finish ahead of Agafonova and compatriot Yin Sisi . 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

442-588: The 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Azerbaijan . Later, FIG announced that the qualifications standings from the Baku event would count towards points in the Individual Apparatus World Cup series. As a result, Fan clinched a first-place overall standing on the uneven bars and unofficially qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics as an individual athlete for China. These Olympics were later postponed to 2021 due to

476-657: The COVID-19 pandemic . In September, she competed at the National Championships where she won gold on the uneven bars and placed sixth with the Shanghai provincial team. This marked her first national uneven bars title since 2016, despite recording the top international uneven bars score among all Chinese athletes every year since then. Fan has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points . Taizhou, Zhejiang Taizhou

510-648: 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. She

544-702: The Chinese state was largely confined to the Yellow River basin, the area of present-day Taizhou was part of Dong'ou . Following the 3rd-century BC conquests of the Qin Empire , a settlement in the area was known as Huipu Town. It was initially included in the Minzhong Prefecture , but then moved to Kuaiji during the Han . On August 22, 1994, Taizhou Municipality was set up in place of Taizhou Prefecture and approved by

578-636: The State Council . In 1999, Taizhou was approved by the State Council to be a leading city in Zhejiang's urbanization structure and the center of sub zone of the first-class economy. Approved by the National Development and Reform Commission, Taizhou formally became one of the 16 cities of Yangtze River Delta area on Aug.15, 2003. At the time of 2010 census, the whole population of Taizhou, including

612-466: The 2020 census, its total population was 6,662,888 inhabitants whom 3,578,660 lived in the built-up ( or metro ) area made of the three urban Districts and Wenling City now being largely conurbated. Taizhou's name is believed to derive from nearby Mount Tiantai . Five thousand years ago, the ancestors of the modern inhabitants began to settle in this area. During the Xia , Shang , and Zhou dynasties , when

646-602: The day to contribute toward the Shanghai provincial team's 7th-place finish. In the event final, however, a major error on a half-turn caused Fan to place fourth behind Liu Tingting , Cheng Shiyi, and Ou Yushan . Fan was not included in the selection pool for the Chinese team at the 2019 World Championships due to her participation in the world cup series. Instead, she competed at the individual national championships in September and defended her uneven bars title ahead of Du Siyu and Lv Jiaqi . Fan concluded her year by competing at

680-686: The final. With this victory, she became the first Chinese woman and the fourth overall gymnast in history to defend their World uneven bars title after Maxi Gnauck , Daniela Silivas , and Svetlana Khorkina . 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

714-435: The largest one is Yuhuan Island in the south. Coastal areas in the east tend to flat, with an occasional hill. Eastern and northern parts of Taizhou are mountainous, with Yandangshan Mountains in the southwest, Kuocang Mountains ( Chinese : 括苍山 ; pinyin : Kuòcāng Shān ) in the west, and Mount Tiantai in the northwest. The highest point of Taizhou is Mishailang ( Chinese : 米筛浪 ; pinyin : Mǐshāilàng ),

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748-405: The provincial capital Hangzhou . Taizhou Luqiao Airport was once named Huangyan Luqiao Airport (IATA:HYN) in the city's Luqiao District serves daily flights to Beijing and Chengdu and regular flights to other major Chinese cities. In September 2009, the high-speed Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou railway opened. There are several stations in the prefecture boundaries of Taizhou. The station serving

782-473: The qualifying round at the World Championships , Fan qualified into the uneven bars final in third place and successfully landed her original dismount, after which it was named after her in the Code of Points . Fan won the uneven bars final with a 15.166 ahead of Elena Eremina of Russia and Nina Derwael of Belgium after upgrading from the first day of competition to have the highest difficulty score in

816-469: The same score, but I'm happy for all of the other gold medalists," Fan said. 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

850-529: 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. On August 9, in the team final , Fan competed on the uneven bars and the balance beam, contributing 15.733 and 15.066 respectively to China's third-place finish behind the United States and the Russian teams. Fan placed sixth in the balance beam final on August 15 with

884-510: The uneven bars final. She later competed at the Doha World Cup in March where she qualified to the uneven bars final in second place behind Nina Derwael . In the event finals, she once again placed second behind Derwael. At the 2019 Chinese National Championships , Fan qualified in first place on the uneven bars with a score of 15.200. In the team final, she recorded the top uneven bars score of

918-446: 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 I ndividual Apparatus World Cup series on the uneven bars, based on the new qualification rules introduced following

952-654: The urban core is in Huangyan District and is called Taizhou railway station . A second line, the Hangzhou–Taizhou high-speed railway , opened in January 2022. Taizhou Central railway station on the line will serve Jiaojiang District . The first line of Taizhou Rail Transit opened in December 2022. Like the majority of areas in Zhejiang, most people from Taizhou speak a dialect of Wu Chinese , known as Taizhou Wu . It

986-433: The whole prefecture-level city and subsidiary counties was 5,968,838 with 3,269,304 in the emerging built-up area made of 3 urban districts, Jiaojiang , Huangyan , Luqiao and Wenling City largely being urbanized. The prefecture-level city of Taizhou currently administers 3 districts , 3 county-level cities and 3 counties . At 651 kilometres (405 mi), Taizhou has a long coastline dotted with numerous islands;

1020-455: Was coached by Jürgen Heritz. Considered one of the best uneven bars competitors of all time, Maxi was also an excellent tumbler. She was one of the first female gymnasts to perform a triple twist on floor . In April 1986, Maxi officially announced her retirement and began a four-year course in sports coaching at the University of Leipzig . In 1988 she was severely injured while sliding down

1054-436: 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

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1088-581: Was relatively inaccessible by road. This has changed due to large infrastructure restructuring in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Presently, Taizhou is served by the S1 Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou Expressway  [ zh ] ( 甬台温高速公路 ), which is a segment in the north–south G15 Shenyang–Haikou Expressway , linking the city with Ningbo , Shanghai in the north and Wenzhou in the south; the Shangsan Expressway links Taizhou with

1122-561: Was selected East German Sportspersonality of the Year . Her parents were expecting a boy and they planned to name him Max so, when the baby turned out to be a girl, they simply added an 'i', creating an uncommon name for Germany. When Maxi was five, her mother took her to a gymnastics centre in their area. By age eight, Maxi had won her first medals at the Kreisspartakiade. When she was nine she changed her club to SC Dynamo Berlin , where she

1156-510: Was selected to compete at the World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland alongside Shang Chunsong , Wang Yan , Mao Yi , Tan Jiaxin , Chen Siyi , and Zhu Xiaofang (alternate). They won the silver medal behind the United States team. Individually, after qualifying in fifth-place, Fan won gold on uneven bars in the first ever four-way tie along with Viktoria Komova , Daria Spiridonova , and Madison Kocian . "It made me laugh to see four gymnasts with

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