Shin Sol-yi (; born 14 July 2004) is a South Korean

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. She is the 2021 and 2023 South Korean national all-around champion. She finished 11th in the all-around at the 2021 World Championships, the highest-ever placement for a South Korean female gymnast. She is the 2023 Asian all-around and floor exercise bronze medalist. On the junior level, Shin is the 2017 Asian Junior Championships vault silver medalist. She represented South Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Shin was born on 14 July 2004, in

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. She began gymnastics when she was in first grade at Namsan Primary School in

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. She graduated from Chungbuk Physical Education High School.

Junior career

Shin competed at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships and won bronze with the Korean team. Individually, she finished seventh in the all-around and won silver on vault. She also competed in the uneven bars and floor exercise finals, finishing sixth and fourth, respectively. Shin won the all-around in the middle school division of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism meet. She then competed at the 2017 Junior Japan International, where she placed 11th in the all-around and qualified to the uneven bars final, finishing eighth. In 2018, Shin again competed at the Asian Junior Championships and once again won bronze with the Korean team. She did not place in the all-around due to the two-per-country rule, but she qualified for the vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise finals, finishing sixth, fifth, and seventh, respectively. Shin won the middle school division of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism meet for a second consecutive year despite minor ankle and calf injuries. Shin finished sixth in the all-around at a 2019 Korean national team selection event with the highest score of the competition on the balance beam. She was named to the Korean team for the inaugural World Junior Championships alongside Hyun Jin-ju and

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. The team placed 10th, and Shin finished 29th in the all-around.

Senior career

Shin did not compete in 2020 due to the

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; it would have been her first senior international season.

2021

Shin won the all-around at the Korean national team selection meet at the end of April ahead of Eom Do-hyun and

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. She won the South Korean Championships all-around title in early May with the highest score on every event except vault, where she had the second-highest score. She then competed at the Korean National Sports Festival where she won gold on the vault and floor exercise and silver in the all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam, all behind

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. Shin was named to the Korean delegation for the 2021 World Championships alongside Lee, Eom, and

. At the World Championships, Shin qualified in 14th for the individual all-around final and was first reserve for the floor exercise final. In the all-around final, she improved to 11th overall, besting Park Ji-suk's 18th-place finish in

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for the highest-ever placement for a South Korean female gymnast in

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history.

2022

Shin competed at the

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and helped South Korea finish second as a team behind China. She did not place in the all-around due to the two-per-country rule despite having the sixth-highest total score. She did qualify for the uneven bars and balance beam finals, finishing seventh and fifth, respectively. She then competed with the South Korean team at the

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that placed 13th in the qualification round.

2023

Shin competed at the

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, helping South Korea win the team silver medal behind Italy. Individually, she placed 13th in the all-around, fifth in the vault final, and sixth in the uneven bars final. She then won the all-around title at the South Korean Championships. Then at the 2023 Asian Championships, she helped South Korea win the silver medal behind China. Individually, Shin won the all-around bronze medal behind Chinese gymnasts Qiu Qiyuan and

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. She then won the bronze medal in the floor exercise final behind Zhang and

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. She also placed seventh in the vault final, fourth in the uneven bars final, and eighth in the balance beam final. Shin competed at the 2023 World Championships alongside

, and Eom Do-hyun, and they placed 11th in the qualification round. With this result, South Korea earned a team berth for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

2024

Shin won the gold medal in the all-around at the Korean National Team Selection competition, leading to her selection for the

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team alongside Eom Do-hyun,

, and

. At those Olympics, she placed 52 in the all-around, finishing 47th on uneven bars, 53rd on balance beam, and 50th in the floor exercise.

Competitive history

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shin, Sol-yi 2004 births Living people South Korean female artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from North Chungcheong Province Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for South Korea 21st-century South Korean sportswomen