Yang Fanyuwei
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| Born | 27 February 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Xu Jinglei | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yang Fanyuwei (Chinese: 杨凡予微; born 27 February 2005)[2] is a Chinese artistic gymnast. She is primarily an uneven bars specialist and is the 2025 World bronze medalist and the 2024 Asian champion on that apparatus. She is also the 2025 Chinese and 2025 World University Games uneven bars champion.
Gymnastics career
Yang won the uneven bars bronze medal at the 2020 Chinese Junior Championships in the under-15 age category.[3]
Yang made her international debut at the 2024 Antalya World Challenge Cup and advanced into the uneven bars final,[2] finishing seventh.[4] At the 2024 Asian Championships in Tashkent, she helped China win the team title,[5] and she also won the uneven bars title by over a full point.[6]
At the 2025 Antalya World Cup, Yang won the gold medal and also successfully performed a Jaeger with a full twist for the first time.[7] She won another gold medal at the Osijek World Cup,[8] and she won the Chinese national title on the uneven bars.[9] At the 2025 World University Games, she won the uneven bars gold medal with a score of 15.000, over a full point ahead of the silver medalist and the second-highest international uneven bars score of the year.[10][11]
After winning the uneven bars at the Chinese Worlds Trials,[12] Yang was selected to represent China on uneven bars at the 2025 World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia, where she qualified for the apparatus final in second place.[13] She went on to win the bronze medal behind Kaylia Nemour and Angelina Melnikova.[14][15]
Eponymous skill
Yang has an uneven bars release move named after her in the Code of Points. She first completed the skill during the qualification round at the 2025 Antalya World Cup.[7][16]
| Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty[a] | Added to the Code of Points |
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| Uneven bars | Yang | Jaeger salto stretched with 1/1 turn (360°) to hang on high bar | G (0.7) | 2025 Antalya World Cup |
- ^ Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points
References
- ^ "Yang Fanyuwei - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ a b "Yang Fanyuwei". The Gymtrenet. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (25 October 2020). "2020 Chinese Junior Individual Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (1 April 2024). "2024 Antalya Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ Crumlish, John (24 May 2024). "China's Hu and Qin go 1-2, the Philippines' Malabuyo earns Olympic berth at Asian Championships". International Gymnast. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ "Champions Crowned at the Women's Senior Gymnastics Finals in Uzbekistan". Asian Gymnastics Union. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ a b "New skills, vibrant comebacks: The eye-opening World Cup in Antalya had it all and more". International Gymnastics Federation. 24 March 2025. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ Crumlish, John (12 April 2025). "Israel, Bulgaria, China, Armenia and Türkiye golden on first day of finals at World Cup of Osijek". International Gymnast. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (22 May 2025). "2025 Chinese Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ Tahiru Fentuo, Fentuo (26 July 2025). "Japan and China dominate final day of gymnastics competition at FISU World University Games". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ "Japanese gymnasts head the classes at World University Games". International Gymnastics Federation. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (10 September 2025). "2025 Chinese Worlds Trials Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ "Veterans dominate women's qualification at Gymnastics World Championships". International Gymnastics Federation. 21 October 2025. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ "53rd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships (Women's Uneven Bars Final - Results)". Longines Timing. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ Gunston, Jo (24 October 2025). "2025 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships: Kaylia Nemour makes history as Africa's first world gymnastics champion". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ "Three new named elements on Uneven Bars". International Gymnastics Federation. 10 April 2025. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
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