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| Native name | 陈一乐 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Chen Yile | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (2002-01-05)5 January 2002 (age 23) Jiangxi, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  China(2017–2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | 王策群 (Wang Qunce)、徐惊雷 (Xu Jinglei) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Chen Yile (Chinese:陈一乐, born 5 January 2002) is an elite Chinese female artistic gymnast.[1][2][3] She is the2018 Asianall-around andbalance beam champion, and the 2017 Asian junior all-around and uneven bars champion.[4] She was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Chen stars in the Olympic Channel documentary series"All Around", along with American gymnastMorgan Hurd and Russian gymnastAngelina Melnikova.[5] The series shows her training and daily life as a 2020 Olympic hopeful.[5]
Chen began gymnastics in 2010 at age eight, after being impressed byYang Yilin's performance in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[6] Chen joined the national team in 2017.[6] She competed at the 2017 Junior Asian Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand from May 16–21. At the Junior Asian Championships, Chen won all-around gold with a score of 55.000. Additionally, she won uneven bars gold (14.150), floor exercise silver (13.200) and balance beam bronze (12.925). She shared the podium with teammate Li Qi for floor and beam; Li was first on both events. Chen contributed to China's first-place finish as a team, scoring 161.100 alongside teammates Li Qi, Guo Fangting, Liu Jieyu, and Zhou Ruiyu.[7]
Chen won three gold medals at the2018 Asian Games – team, all-around, and balance beam.[8] She shared the all-around podium with teammateLuo Huan, who won silver.[8][9] In event finals Chen scored 14.600 on balance beam, winning the gold.[8] She placed third in uneven bars qualifications, behind teammatesLiu Tingting and Luo Huan, but she was did not qualify for the final due to the two-per-country limitations. She placed fifth in the floor exercise finals.[8] She was recognized as "Best Female Athlete at the 2018 Asian Games" in October 2019.[10]
In October at the2018 Doha World Championships, Chen won a team bronze medal. She was seventh in the all-around, with a score of 54.632.[11]
At the2019 Stuttgart World Championships, Chen and her teammates -Liu Tingting,Tang Xijing,Li Shijia, andQi Qi - posted the second best team total on the first day of qualifications,[12] but finished fourth in the final.[13] This was the first time since 2003 that China did not reach the podium in the team event.[13]
After theTokyo 2020 Olympics were postponed due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, Chen expressed her continuing motivation to train;[14] however she ultimately did not make the Olympic team.
Chen enjoys drawing as a hobby.[5][6] She has a younger sister, FeiFei,[15] and an older brother, Feiyue.[16]
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| Junior | |||||||
| 2017 | National Championships |  |  | 5 | 7 | ||
| Asian Championships | | | |  | | ||
| National Games | | | 5 | | | ||
| Junior Japan International | | | 6 | 5 | |||
| Senior | |||||||
| 2018 | Melbourne World Cup | | | ||||
| National Championships | | WD | | | |||
| Asian Games | | | | 5 | |||
| World Championships | | 7 | |||||
| 2019 | |||||||
| World Championships | 4 | ||||||
| 2020 | National Championships | | |||||
| 2021 | National Championships | | |||||
