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Chinese artistic gymnast

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Lin Chaopan Nickname Prince of Gymnastics Born (1995-08-27) 27 August 1995 (age 30) 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](/source/Chinese_name), the [family name](/source/Chinese_surname) is *[Lin](/source/Lin_(surname))*.

**Lin Chaopan** ([Chinese](/source/Chinese_language): 林超攀; [pinyin](/source/Pinyin): *Lín Chāopān*, born 27 August 1995) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He competed in the [2016 Summer Olympics](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics) in Rio de Janeiro, as well as the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) in Tokyo, Japan.

## Personal life

Lin was born 27 August 1995 in [Jinjiang](/source/Jinjiang%2C_Fujian), China. He started gymnastics at age five in [Quanzhou](/source/Quanzhou), China after being scouting by coach Shi Boping.[1]

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.[1]

Lin studied coaching at Beijing Sport University.[1]

## Career

### 2013

Lin made his World Championships debut at the [2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships](/source/2013_World_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships) in [Antwerp](/source/Antwerp), [Belgium](/source/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.[1]

### 2014

Lin was selected to compete at the [2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships](/source/2014_World_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships) in [Nanning](/source/Nanning), [China](/source/China) where he helped China win team gold.[1] Lin failed to qualify for any individual finals.

### 2015

Lin competed at World Championships in [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow), Great Britain, where his team placed third.[1] 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](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics) in [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro), Brazil, where his team placed third.[1]

### 2017

In August, Lin competed at the Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, where his team placed first.[1] He won second all around, as well as first on floor exercise and high bar.[1]

In October, Lin competed at the World Championships in [Montreal](/source/Montreal), Canada, where he placed second all around.[1]

### 2018

In August, Lin competed at the Asian Games in Indonesia, where his team placed first.[1] He placed first all around, as well as third on floor exercise.[1]

In October, Lin competed at the World Championships in [Doha](/source/Doha), Qatar, where his team placed first.[1]

### 2019

Lin competed at the World Championships in [Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart), Germany, where his team placed second.[1]

### 2021

At the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), Japan, Lin competed for the People's Republic of China, a team including Sun Wei, Zou Jingyuan, Xiao Ruoteng, and Lin Chaopan.[2] The team won Olympic bronze with a combined score of 262.397, 0.606 points beneath the winning team.[3]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-:0_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-:0_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-:0_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-:0_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-:0_1-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-:0_1-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-:0_1-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-:0_1-10) [***l***](#cite_ref-:0_1-11) [***m***](#cite_ref-:0_1-12) [***n***](#cite_ref-:0_1-13) ["Artistic Gymnastics LIN Chaopan"](https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/artistic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n1323022-lin-chaopan.htm). *Tokyo 2020 Olympics*. Retrieved 2021-07-27.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Artistic Gymnastics - Team China"](https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/artistic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-ngarmteam-chn01-china.htm). *Tokyo 2020 Olympics*. Retrieved 2021-07-27.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Artistic Gymnastics - Final Results"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210725183829/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/artistic-gymnastics/results-men-s-team-fnl-000001-.htm). *Tokyo 2020*. Archived from [the original](https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/artistic-gymnastics/results-men-s-team-fnl-000001-.htm) on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-07-27.

## External links

- [LIN Chaopan](https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=36607) at [World Gymnastics](/source/World_Gymnastics) ([archive1](https://web.archive.org/web/20160619225409/http://database.fig-gymnastics.com/public/gymnasts/biography/20886/true?backUrl=), [archive2](https://web.archive.org/web/20160619225608/http://database.fig-gymnastics.com/public/gymnasts/biography/36607/false?backUrl=))

v t e World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Men's team all-around 1903: France 1905: France 1907: Bohemia 1909: France 1911: Bohemia 1913: Bohemia 1922: Czechoslovakia 1926: Czechoslovakia 1930: Czechoslovakia 1934: Switzerland 1938: Czechoslovakia 1950: Switzerland 1954: Soviet Union 1958: Soviet Union 1962: Japan 1966: Japan 1970: Japan 1974: Japan 1978: Japan 1979: Soviet Union 1981: Soviet Union 1983: China 1985: Soviet Union 1987: Soviet Union 1989: Soviet Union 1991: Soviet Union 1994: China 1995: China 1997: China 1999: China 2001: Belarus 2003: China 2006: China 2007: China 2010: China 2011: China 2014: China 2015: Japan 2018: China 2019: Russia 2022: China 2023: Japan 2014: China (CHN) Cheng Ran, Deng Shudi, Lin Chaopan, Liu Yang, You Hao, Zhang Chenglong, Liu Rongbing 2018: China (CHN) Deng Shudi, Lan Xingyu, Lin Chaopan, Sun Wei, Xiao Ruoteng, Zou Jingyuan

v t e World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Men's parallel bars 1903: François Hentges (LUX) 1903 Joseph Martinez (FRA) 1905: Marcel Lalu (FRA) 1903 Joseph Martinez (FRA) 1907: Joseph Lux (FRA) 1909: Joseph Martinez (FRA) 1911: Giorgio Zampori (ITA) 1913: Guido Boni (ITA) 1913 Giorgio Zampori (ITA) 1922: Leon Štukelj (YUG) 1926: Ladislav Vácha (TCH) 1930: Josip Primožič (YUG) 1931: István Pelle (HUN) 1934: Eugen Mack (SUI) 1938: Michael Reusch (SUI) 1950: Hans Eugster (SUI) 1954: Viktor Chukarin (URS) 1958: Boris Shakhlin (URS) 1962: Miroslav Cerar (YUG) 1966: Sergey Diomidov (URS) 1970: Akinori Nakayama (JPN) 1974: Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) 1978: Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) 1979: Bart Conner (USA) 1981: Alexander Dityatin (URS) 1981 Kōji Gushiken (JPN) 1983: Vladimir Artemov (URS) 1983 Lou Yun (CHN) 1985: Sylvio Kroll (GDR) 1985 Valentin Mogilny (URS) 1987: Vladimir Artemov (URS) 1989: Vladimir Artemov (URS) 1989 Li Jing (CHN) 1991: Li Jing (CHN) 1992: Li Jing (CHN) 1992 Aleksey Voropayev (CIS) 1993: Vitaly Scherbo (BLR) 1994: Huang Liping (CHN) 1995: Vitaly Scherbo (BLR) 1996: Rustam Sharipov (UKR) 1997: Zhang Jinjing (CHN) 1999: Lee Joo-hyung (KOR) 2001: Sean Townsend (USA) 2002: Li Xiaopeng (CHN) 2003: Li Xiaopeng (CHN) 2005: Mitja Petkovšek (SLO) 2006: Yang Wei (CHN) 2007: Kim Dae-eun (KOR) 2007 Mitja Petkovšek (SLO) 2009: Wang Guanyin (CHN) 2010: Feng Zhe (CHN) 2011: Danell Leyva (USA) 2013: Kōhei Uchimura (JPN) 2013 Lin Chaopan (CHN) 2014: Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 2015: You Hao (CHN) 2017: Zou Jingyuan (CHN) 2018: Zou Jingyuan (CHN) 2019: Joe Fraser (GBR) 2021: Hu Xuwei (CHN) 2022: Zou Jingyuan (CHN) 2023: Lukas Dauser (GER) 2025: Zou Jingyuan (CHN)

v t e Asian Games Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Individual All-Around 1974: Kazuo Horide (JPN) 1978: Cai Huanzong (CHN) 1982: Li Ning (CHN) 1986: Li Ning (CHN) 1990: Li Jing (CHN) 1994: Li Xiaoshuang (CHN) 1998: Huang Xu (CHN) 2002: Yang Wei (CHN) 2006: Yang Wei (CHN) 2010: Teng Haibin (CHN) 2014: Yuya Kamoto (JPN) 2018: Lin Chaopan (CHN) 2022: Zhang Boheng (CHN)

v t e Asian Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Floor Exercise 1996: Shen Jian (CHN) 2003: Yernar Yerimbetov (KAZ) 2006: Zou Kai (CHN) 2006 Ri Jong-song (PRK) 2008: Kim Soo-myun (KOR) 2012: Kenzō Shirai (JPN) 2015: Kenzō Shirai (JPN) 2017: Lin Chaopan (CHN) 2019: Yang Jiaxing (CHN) 2022: Carlos Yulo (PHI) 2023: Carlos Yulo (PHI) 2024: Carlos Yulo (PHI) 2025: Carlos Yulo (PHI) 2026: Carlos Yulo (PHI)

v t e Asian Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Horizontal Bar 1996: Cheng Liang (CHN) 2003: Yernar Yerimbetov (KAZ) 2006: Zou Kai (CHN) 2008: Yosuke Hoshi (JPN) 2012: Liu Rongbing (CHN) 2015: Yusuke Tanaka (JPN) 2017: Lin Chaopan (CHN) 2019: Hu Xuwei (CHN) 2022: Yun Jin-seong (KOR) 2023: Tian Hao (CHN) 2024: Milad Karimi (KAZ) 2025: Tang Chia-hung (TPE) 2026: Tang Chia-hung (TPE)

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