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Yan Langyu (; born 31 August 1999) is a Chinese
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. He is the
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and 2023 World champion in individual trampoline. He is also the
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champion and the 2024 Olympic bronze medalist. Additionally, he won two team medals at the 2019 World Championships.


Early life

Yan was born on 31 August 1999 in
Weishan Town, Liling Weishan () is a Town (China), town of Liling, Liling City in Hunan, Hunan Province, China. The town was established by merging the previous ''Dongbao Township'' (东堡乡) on November 26, 2015. As of 2015, the town had a population of 24,000 and a ...
. He began trampoline gymnastics in 2008 after being scouted by a coach who noticed his coordination, flexibility, and power. He was selected to join the Hunan Provincial team in 2012 and then the Chinese national team in 2018. He said he struggled with homesickness as a child due to a lot of traveling for training and competitions.


Career

Yan began competing in international competitions in 2019. At the 2019 Khabarovsk World Cup, he finished 13th in the individual event and 15th in the synchronized trampoline event. Then at the Valladolid World Cup, he finished sixth as an individual and 18th in the synchronized event. At the 2019 World Championships, he finished seventh in the qualification round for the individual event but did not advance due to the two-per-country rule. He won a silver medal in the men's trampoline team event and a bronze medal in the mixed team event. Yan was selected as one of China's alternates for the
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. With his teammate and the four-time defending World champion Gao Lei electing to not compete at the 2021 World Championships, Yan was able to win the World title and extend China's winning streak in the event dating back to 2006. At the 2022 World Championships, Yan admitted he felt more pressure and nerves to defend his world title. In the qualification round, he was unable to finish his first routine, but he posted the highest score of the round in the second routine to advance. He was then eliminated in the semifinals after crashing his routine. Yan missed a month of training in March 2023 due to
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. In July, he competed at the Santarem World Cup and won the gold medal by over a point ahead of teammate
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. He then lost to Wang at the Coimbra World Cup. He withdrew from the final at the Palm Beach World Cup to give his teammate
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a chance to compete since Li had missed out on the other World Cup finals due to the two-per-country rule. He then competed at the Varna World Cup and defeated his teammate Wang. At the
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, which were held in 2023 due to the
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, Yan won the gold medal in the final thanks to a high execution score of 17.000. He then won the gold medal at the 2023 World Championships in
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by only 0.010 points ahead of Wang. Yan began the 2024 season at the Baku World Cup where he lost to his teammate Wang by only 0.170 points. He then defeated Wang at the Cottbus World Cup by only 0.070 points. Yan was selected to represent
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, and he won the bronze medal in the individual event behind Ivan Litvinovich and Wang.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yan, Langyu Living people 1999 births People from Liling Gymnasts from Hunan 21st-century Chinese sportsmen Chinese male trampolinists Medalists at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for China Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Gymnasts at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games medalists in gymnastics