Yi Siling - Wikipedia

Chinese sport shooter In this Chinese name, the family name is Yi. Yi Siling

Personal information
Native name	易思玲
Nickname	Shooting Beauty
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1989-05-06) May 6, 1989 (age 35)Guiyang County, Hunan, China
Alma mater	Zhuhai Sports School
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Shooting
Events	AR40 (10m air rifle) STR3X20 (50m rifle 3 positions)
Coached by	Qiuping Zhang[1]
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 - 1 World Championships 1 - - Asian Games 1 - - Olympic Games 2012 London 10m air rifle 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10m air rifle World Championships 2010 Munich 10m air rifle Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou 10m air rifle Asian Championships 2012 Doha 10 m air rifle 2012 Doha 10 m air rifle team 2015 Kuwait City 10 m air rifle 2015 Kuwait City 10 m air rifle team

Yi Siling (Chinese: 易思玲; pinyin: Yì Sīlíng; born May 6, 1989, in Guiyang, Hunan) is a Chinese female sport shooter specializing in 10 meter air rifle events, she is the gold medalists for 2012 Olympics, 2010 World Championships and 2010 Asian Games. 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 2012 Summer Olympics. At the Olympics, she captured the first gold medal of the games by winning the 10 m air rifle event.

Athletic career

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Yi Siling was born in Guiyang County, Chenzhou, Hunan, China.[1][2] She joined Guangdong Province Shooting Team in 2007 after graduation from Zhuhai Sports School[3] and made her international debut in 2009.[1]

In 2009, Yi won silver at the Asian Championships in the 10m air rifle with a score of 502.9.[1] The next year, she won the event at the 2010 Asian Games with a score of 504.9.[1] Before the World Championships, she was diagnosed with kidney stones and had to undergo surgery. She made a full recovery and finished first at the World Championships with a score of 505.6.[1] In the process, she set a new world record and became the first person to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[4][5]

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.[1]

Yi entered the 2012 Olympics ranked number one in the world at the 10 m air rifle.[6] 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 Royal Artillery Barracks, she turned in a score of 10+ on every shot, while Bogacka had a costly 9.7 on shot eight of ten.[6] Thus, Yi out shot Sylwia Bogacka 103.9 to 103.2 in the finals to win the first gold medal of the 2012 Summer Olympics with a total score of 502.9.[6] Of her victory, Yi commented "My stability help me a lot today and at the same time I think I'm quite lucky".[6]

Including her Olympic win, Yi has won ten medals and made the finals 13 times in 16 career events.[4] She planned to try to defend her gold at the next Olympics,[6] but at the 2016 Olympics, she was only able to take home the bronze, with a score of 185.4 in the final.[7]

Personal life

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Yi attended Zhuhai Sports School in Zhuhai, 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.[3] Before taking up shooting, she tried track and field and dancing.[1] She is nicknamed "Shooting Beauty" due to her good looks.[1]

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.[6]

Records

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

Current world records held in 10 metre air rifle
Women	Qualification	400	Seo Sun-hwa (KOR) Gao Jing (CHN) Lioubov Galkina (RUS) Du Li (CHN) Lioubov Galkina (RUS) Suma Shirur (IND) Lioubov Galkina (RUS) Monika Haselsberger (AUT) Barbara Lechner (GER) Zhao Yinghui (CHN) Wu Liuxi (CHN) Du Li (CHN) Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER) Kateřina Emmons (CZE) Lioubov Galkina (RUS) Yi Siling (CHN)	12 April 200222 April 200224 August 20024 June 200314 June 200313 February 200422 February 200422 April 20045 March 200511 April 200511 June 20054 October 200624 May 20089 August 20085 November 20081 August 2010	Sydney (AUS)Shanghai (CHN)Munich (GER)Zagreb (CRO)Munich (GER)Kuala Lumpur (MAS)Bangkok (THA)Athens (GRE)Tallinn (EST)Changwon (KOR)Munich (GER)Granada (ESP)Milan (ITA)Beijing (CHN)Bangkok (THA)Munich (GER)	edit
	Final	505.6	Yi Siling (CHN) (400+105.6)	1 August 2010	Munich (GER)	edit

See also

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• China at the 2012 Summer Olympics

References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Siling Yi – Shooting". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
2. ^ "Yi Siling Wins Olympic Gold Medal in Women's 10 m Air Rifle". Women of China. July 28, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
3. ^ a b "Àoyùn zhūhǎi jiàn'ér zhī yì sī líng yīnwèi zhūhǎi cáinéng jìxù shèjí mèng" 奥运珠海健儿之易思玲 因为珠海才能继续射击梦. gd.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 2016-08-11.
4. ^ a b "Yi Siling of China wins 10-meter air rifle, claims 1st gold medal of the London Olympics". Washington Post. Associated Press. July 28, 2012. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
5. ^ "Yi claims gold at women's 10 m rifle at Guangzhou Asiad". People's Daily. Xinhua. November 13, 2010. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
6. ^ a b c d e f "Chinese markswoman Yi shoots down first London Games gold". People's Daily. Xinhua. July 30, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
7. ^ "Yi Siling Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2018-02-24.

External links

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• Yi Siling at the International Shooting Sport Federation
• Yi Siling at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Siling Yi at Olympics.com

v t e Olympic champions in women's 10 metre air rifle
1984:  Pat Spurgin (USA) 1988:  Irina Shilova (URS) 1992:  Yeo Kab-soon (KOR) 1996:  Renata Mauer (POL) 2000:  Nancy Johnson (USA) 2004:  Du Li (CHN) 2008:  Kateřina Emmons (CZE) 2012:  Yi Siling (CHN) 2016:  Virginia Thrasher (USA) 2020:  Yang Qian (CHN) 2024:  Ban Hyo-jin (KOR)