Yin Xiaoyan

Yin Xiaoyan (尹笑言, born 28 August 1993)^[1] is a Chinese karateka. She won the silver medal in the women's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[2]^[3] At the 2018 World Karate Championships in Madrid, Spain, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event.^[4]

Career

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 61 kg event at the 2016 World University Karate Championships held in Braga, Portugal.^[5]^[6]

In 2018, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.^[1] In the final she defeated Rozita Alipour of Iran. Four years earlier, she won one of the bronze medals in the same event at the 2014 Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea.

She represented China at the 2020 Summer Olympics in karate.^[7]^[8] She won the silver medal in the women's 61 kg event.^[3]

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
2011	Asian Championships	Quanzhou, China	1st	Team kumite
2011	Asian Championships	Quanzhou, China	2nd	Kumite 61 kg
2012	Asian Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	1st	Team kumite
2012	Asian Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	3rd	Kumite +68 kg
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	3rd	Kumite 61 kg
2015	Asian Championships	Yokohama, Japan	1st	Kumite 61 kg
2017	Asian Championships	Astana, Kazakhstan	1st	Kumite 61 kg
2018	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	1st	Kumite 61 kg
	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	3rd	Team kumite
	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	1st	Kumite 61 kg
	World Championships	Madrid, Spain	2nd	Kumite 61 kg
2019	Asian Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	1st	Kumite 61 kg
2021	Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	Kumite 61 kg

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^ ^a ^b "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
^ "2018 World Karate Championships". SportData. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ Morgan, Liam (13 August 2016). "Agier lays down marker with victory over rival Buchinger at World University Karate Championship". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
^ "2016 World University Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 October 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
^ Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.