Tan Sixin

Tan Sixin (Chinese: 谭思欣; pinyin: Tán Sì Xīn, born January 10, 1995, in Jiangmen, Guangdong) is a female Chinese gymnast. [1] She joined the Chinese national team in 2009. At age 14, she won the beam final in the 2009 National Games of China beating Olympians including World Champion Deng Linlin. At the Youth Olympics in 2010, she won Gold in the Beam and Floor Exercise and Silver in the All-Around and Uneven Bars final (after Viktoria Komova). She is a balance beam specialist, scoring as high as 15.550.

谭思欣 (Tán Sì Xīn)
Country represented China
Born (1995-01-10) January 10, 1995
Jiangmen, Guangdong, China
HometownShanghai, China
Height148 cm (4 ft 10 in)
Weight35 kg (77 lb)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior
Years on national team2009–13 (CHN)
ClubNational team
Head coach(es)He Hua, Liu Guicheng
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 0 0 1
Pacific Rim Championships 0 2 1
Youth Olympic Games 2 2 0
East Asian Games 4 0 0
National Games 4 0 1
Total 10 4 3
Women's gymnastics
Representing  China
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2011 TokyoTeam
Pacific Rim Championships
Silver medal – second place2010 MelbourneTeam
Silver medal – second place2012 SeattleTeam
Bronze medal – third place2012 SeattleBalance Beam
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2010 SingaporeBalance Beam
Gold medal – first place2010 SingaporeFloor Exercise
Silver medal – second place2010 SingaporeAll-Around
Silver medal – second place2010 SingaporeUneven Bars
East Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2013 TianjinTeam
Gold medal – first place2013 TianjinAll-Around
Gold medal – first place2013 TianjinBalance Beam
Gold medal – first place2013 TianjinFloor Exercise
National Games
Gold medal – first place2009 JinanTeam
Gold medal – first place2009 JinanBalance Beam
Gold medal – first place2013 DalianTeam
Gold medal – first place2013 DalianBalance Beam
Bronze medal – third place2013 DalianFloor Exercise

Tan became a senior in 2011. She won silver on floor at the Cottbus World Cup and gold on beam and bars at the Doha World Cup. At the 2011 Chinese National Championships she won gold with her represented team Shanghai and gold in the all around.[2] She was named to the team for the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in October 2011 in Tokyo, Japan and won a bronze medal in the team final. However, multiple mistakes in the preliminary competition prevented her from entering the all-around and event finals.

Tan was an alternate for the 2012 Olympic team. She competed at the Individual National Championships finishing out of the medals in the uneven bars and balance beam, which many people consider her best events.

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