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)
Born (1995-01-10) January 10, 1995 (age 29)
Jiangmen, Guangdong, China
HometownShanghai, China
Height148 cm (4 ft 10 in)
Weight35 kg (77 lb)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented China
Years on national team2009–13 (CHN)
LevelSenior
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 place 2011 Tokyo Team
Pacific Rim Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Melbourne Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 Seattle Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Seattle Balance Beam
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Singapore Balance Beam
Gold medal – first place 2010 Singapore Floor Exercise
Silver medal – second place 2010 Singapore All-Around
Silver medal – second place 2010 Singapore Uneven Bars
East Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tianjin Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tianjin All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tianjin Balance Beam
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tianjin Floor Exercise
National Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Jinan Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Jinan Balance Beam
Gold medal – first place 2013 Dalian Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Dalian Balance Beam
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Dalian Floor 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.

References

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  1. ^ Straits Times
  2. ^ "The Leading Source of Gymnastics News".
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