Lin Chaopan
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| Country represented |  China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 August 1995 Fujian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lin Chaopan (Chinese: 林超攀; pinyin: Lín Chāopān, born 27 August 1995) is a Chinese artistic gymnast who specializes on Parallel Bars. Lin made his World Championships debut at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. In the parallel bars final, he won the gold with a score of 15.666 at the age of 18. He also placed 8th at the horizontal bar final and 9th in the Individual All-Around. He was selected to compete at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China where he helped China win team gold. Lin failed to qualify for any individual finals. At the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships he won team bronze with his teammates and failed to qualify for other finals. At the 2016 Chinese Gymnastics Championships he won all-around, parallel bars and floor gold. Lin will compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics after being selected. He won the silver medal at the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in the all-around competition.
