Fan Di Explained
Fan Di (; born 25 February 1973) is a former Chinese artistic gymnast. She was the 1989 World Champion on the uneven bars,[2] and was only the second Chinese female gymnast to become a World Champion after Ma Yanhong in 1979.[3] She also won a bronze medal with her team at those World Championships.[4] In 1987, Fan competed at the World Championships where the Chinese team finished in fourth.[5] Individually, she finished 20th in the all-around[6] and sixth on bars.[7] Fan represented China at the 1988 Summer Olympics where China was sixth in the team final, and Fan finished 20th in the all-around final.[8] Fan Di's final competition before retirement was the 1990 Asian Games.[9] She won gold with her team[10] and on the uneven bars.[11]
Notes and References
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- Web site: 1989 World Championships Women's EF. Gymn Forum. 14 March 2015. 2 February 2004.
- Web site: Van Deusen. Amy. World Champions in Women's Gymnastics. About Sports. 15 March 2015. 2 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402132100/http://gymnastics.about.com/od/olympicgymnastics/a/World-Champions-In-Gymnastics.htm. dead.
- Web site: 1989 World Championships Women's Team Results, by Gymnast USSR/ROM/CHN. Gymn Forum. 14 March 2015. 5 August 1999.
- Web site: 1987 World Championships Women's Team Results by Gymnast CHN/BUL/USA. Gymn Forum. 14 March 2015. 1 August 1999.
- Web site: 1987 World Championships Women's AA. Gymn Forum. 14 March 2015. 2 February 2004.
- Web site: 1987 World Championships Women's EF. Gymn Forum. 14 March 2015. 2 February 2004.
- Web site: Fan Di. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065424/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/fan-di-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. sports-reference. 15 March 2015.
- Web site: Yun. Xin. A Gymnastics Hopeful. Gymn Forum. 15 March 2015. 31 March 2001.
- Web site: Gymnastics Artistic - Medallists from previous Asian Games - Women - Team . Incheon 2014 . 14 March 2015 . 20 September 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141220180732/https://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Medals/Details?id=GA107N10&lang=en . 20 December 2014 .
- Web site: Gymnastics Artistic - Medallists from previous Asian Games - Women - Individual . Incheon 2014 . 14 March 2015 . 20 September 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141220181649/https://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Medals/Details?id=GA106N10&lang=en . 20 December 2014 .