Yi Siling (; born May 6, 1989, in

Guiyang Guiyang; Mandarin pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, alternatively as Kweiyang is the capital of Guizhou, Guizhou province in China. It is centrally located within the province, on the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, eastern part of the Yun ...

Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...

) is a

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female

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specializing in

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events, she is the gold medalists for

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, 2010 World Championships and

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. Yi started shooting in 2007 and made her international debut in 2009. In 2010, she won the World Championships at the 10m air rifle and became the first person to qualify for the

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. At the Olympics, she captured the first gold medal of the games by winning the 10 m air rifle event.

Athletic career

Yi Siling was born in

Guiyang County Guiyang County () is a county in Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Chenzhou prefecture-level City. Located on the southern part of the province, it is adjacent to the east of the city proper in Chenzhou. The county is bor ...

Chenzhou Chenzhou () is a prefecture-level city located in the south of Hunan province, China, bordering the provinces of Jiangxi to the east and Guangdong to the south. Its administrative area covers , 9.2% of the provincial area, and its total populatio ...

, China. She joined Guangdong Province Shooting Team in 2007 after graduation from Zhuhai Sports School and made her international debut in 2009. In 2009, Yi won silver at the Asian Championships in the 10m air rifle with a score of 502.9. The next year, she won the event at the 2010

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with a score of 504.9. Before the World Championships, she was diagnosed with

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and had to undergo surgery. She made a full recovery and finished first at the

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with a score of 505.6. In the process, she set a new world record and became the first person to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2011, Yi placed second at the Asian Championships in the 10 m air rifle with a score of 501.1. In 2012, she won the event with a score of 502.2. Yi entered the 2012 Olympics ranked number one in the world at the 10 m air rifle. In Olympic competition she scored 399 out of a possible 400 in the preliminary round, tying for first place with Sylwia Bogacka. In the finals at the

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, she turned in a score of 10+ on every shot, while Bogacka had a costly 9.7 on shot eight of ten. Thus, Yi out shot Sylwia Bogacka 103.9 to 103.2 in the finals to win the first gold medal of the

with a total score of 502.9. Of her victory, Yi commented "My stability help me a lot today and at the same time I think I'm quite lucky". Including her Olympic win, Yi has won ten medals and made the finals 13 times in 16 career events. She planned to try to defend her gold at the next Olympics, but at the

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, she was only able to take home the bronze, with a score of 185.4 in the final.

Personal life

Yi attended Zhuhai Sports School in

Zhuhai Zhuhai; Yale romanization of Cantonese, Yale: ''Jyūhói''; Chinese postal romanization, also known as Chuhai is a prefecture-level city located on the west bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern ...

, China for her education in 2004 after her dropped out school because of financial problem. In Zhuhai Sports School, everything for students were almost free. Before taking up shooting, she tried

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and

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. She is nicknamed "Shooting Beauty" due to her good looks. After the 2012 Olympics, Yi said she planned to take a vacation and spend time with her family. "I have been away from home for more than a year and now I miss my family a lot," she said.

Records

These records were made under the ISSR rules before its modification in 2013.

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Athletic career

Personal life

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