{{short description|Chinese sport shooter}} {{family name hatnote|Yi|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Yi Siling | headercolor = lightsteelblue | native_name = 易思玲 | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | nickname = Shooting Beauty | nationality = Chinese | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1989|5|6}} | birth_place = Guiyang County, Hunan, China | death_date = | death_place = | education = | alma_mater = Zhuhai Sports School | years_active = | height = {{height|m=1.65|precision=0}}<ref name=profile /> | weight = {{convert|54|kg|abbr=on}}<ref name=profile /> | website = | country = {{CHN}} | sport = Shooting | event = {{unbulleted list | | AR40 (10m air rifle) | STR3X20 (50m rifle 3 positions) }} | club = | coach = Qiuping Zhang<ref name=profile /> | retired = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCount | Olympic Games | 1 | - | 1 | World Championships | 1 | - | - | Asian Games | 1 | - | - }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalGold | 2012 London | 10m air rifle }} {{MedalBronze | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 10m air rifle }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2010 Munich | 10m air rifle }} {{MedalCompetition | Asian Games }} {{MedalGold | 2010 Guangzhou | 10m air rifle }} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}} {{MedalGold|2012 Doha|10 m air rifle}} {{MedalGold|2012 Doha|10 m air rifle team}} {{MedalGold|2015 Kuwait City|10 m air rifle}} {{MedalGold|2015 Kuwait City|10 m air rifle team}} }}
'''Yi Siling''' ({{lang-zh|c=易思玲|p=Yì Sīlíng}}; born May 6, 1989, in Guiyang, Hunan) is a Chinese female sport shooter specializing in 10 meter air rifle events, she is the gold medalists for 2012 Olympics, 2010 World Championships and 2010 Asian Games. Yi started shooting in 2007 and made her international debut in 2009. In 2010, she won the World Championships at the 10m air rifle and became the first person to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the Olympics, she captured the first gold medal of the games by winning the 10 m air rifle event.
==Athletic career== Yi Siling was born in Guiyang County, Chenzhou, Hunan, China.<ref name=profile>{{cite web |title=Siling Yi – Shooting |publisher=London 2012 |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/yi-siling-1070496/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403115332/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/yi-siling-1070496/ |archive-date=2013-04-03 |access-date=July 29, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Yi Siling Wins Olympic Gold Medal in Women's 10 m Air Rifle |work=Women of China |date=July 28, 2012 |url=http://www.womenofchina.cn/html/womenofchina/report/143377-1.htm |access-date=July 31, 2012 |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212120702/http://www.womenofchina.cn/html/womenofchina/report/143377-1.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> She joined Guangdong Province Shooting Team in 2007 after graduation from Zhuhai Sports School<ref name=zhuhai>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-11 |title=Àoyùn zhūhǎi jiàn'ér zhī yì sī líng yīnwèi zhūhǎi cáinéng jìxù shèjí mèng |script-title=zh:奥运珠海健儿之易思玲 因为珠海才能继续射击梦 |language=zh |work=gd.sina.com.cn |url=http://gd.sina.com.cn/zh/news/2016-08-11/city-zh-ifxuxnah3074897.shtml}}</ref> and made her international debut in 2009.<ref name=profile />
In 2009, Yi won silver at the Asian Championships in the 10m air rifle with a score of 502.9.<ref name=profile /> The next year, she won the event at the 2010 Asian Games with a score of 504.9.<ref name=profile /> Before the World Championships, she was diagnosed with kidney stones and had to undergo surgery. She made a full recovery and finished first at the World Championships with a score of 505.6.<ref name=profile /> In the process, she set a new world record and became the first person to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.<ref name=wins /><ref>{{cite news |title=Yi claims gold at women's 10 m rifle at Guangzhou Asiad |date=November 13, 2010 |agency=Xinhua |work=People's Daily |url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90779/90867/7198640.html |access-date=July 30, 2012}}</ref>
In 2011, Yi placed second at the Asian Championships in the 10 m air rifle with a score of 501.1. In 2012, she won the event with a score of 502.2.<ref name=profile />
Yi entered the 2012 Olympics ranked number one in the world at the 10 m air rifle.<ref name=shoots /> In Olympic competition she scored 399 out of a possible 400 in the preliminary round, tying for first place with Sylwia Bogacka. In the finals at the Royal Artillery Barracks, she turned in a score of 10+ on every shot, while Bogacka had a costly 9.7 on shot eight of ten.<ref name=shoots /> Thus, Yi out shot Sylwia Bogacka 103.9 to 103.2 in the finals to win the first gold medal of the 2012 Summer Olympics with a total score of 502.9.<ref name=shoots>{{cite news |title=Chinese markswoman Yi shoots down first London Games gold |date=July 30, 2012 |agency=Xinhua |work=People's Daily |url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90779/7891281.html |access-date=July 30, 2012}}</ref> Of her victory, Yi commented "My stability help me a lot today and at the same time I think I'm quite lucky".<ref name=shoots />
Including her Olympic win, Yi has won ten medals and made the finals 13 times in 16 career events.<ref name=wins>{{cite news |title=Yi Siling of China wins 10-meter air rifle, claims 1st gold medal of the London Olympics |agency=Associated Press |date=July 28, 2012 |work=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/yi-siling-of-china-wins-10-meter-air-rifle-claims-1st-gold-medal-of-the-london-olympics/2012/07/28/gJQAadciFX_story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801092011/http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/yi-siling-of-china-wins-10-meter-air-rifle-claims-1st-gold-medal-of-the-london-olympics/2012/07/28/gJQAadciFX_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 1, 2012 |access-date=July 30, 2012}}</ref> She planned to try to defend her gold at the next Olympics,<ref name=shoots /> but at the 2016 Olympics, she was only able to take home the bronze, with a score of 185.4 in the final.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yi/yi-siling-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000855/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yi/yi-siling-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Yi Siling Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-24}}</ref>
==Personal life== Yi attended Zhuhai Sports School in Zhuhai, China for her education in 2004 after her dropped out school because of financial problem. In Zhuhai Sports School, everything for students were almost free.<ref name=zhuhai /> Before taking up shooting, she tried track and field and dancing.<ref name=profile /> She is nicknamed "Shooting Beauty" due to her good looks.<ref name=profile />
After the 2012 Olympics, Yi said she planned to take a vacation and spend time with her family. "I have been away from home for more than a year and now I miss my family a lot," she said.<ref name=shoots />
==Records== These records were made under the ISSR rules before its modification in 2013. {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" ! colspan="7" | Current world records held in 10 metre air rifle |- | rowspan="2" | Women {{Shooting WR AR40 Women Qualification}} |- {{Shooting WR AR40 Women Final}} |}
==See also== * China at the 2012 Summer Olympics
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{ISSF|SHCHNW0605198901}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com|siling-yi}}
{{Olympic Champions Shooting AR40}} {{Asian Games Champions Shooting 10 m Air Rifle Women}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yi, Siling}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:People from Chenzhou Category:Sport shooters from Hunan Category:Chinese female sport shooters Category:ISSF rifle shooters Category:Olympic shooters for China Category:Olympic medalists in shooting Category:Olympic gold medalists for China Category:Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic bronze medalists for China Category:Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Asian Games gold medalists for China Category:Asian Games shooters for China Category:Asian Games silver medalists for China Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Summer World University Games medalists in shooting Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for China Category:Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Category:Asian Games gold medalists in shooting Category:Asian Games silver medalists in shooting