Yin Xiaoyan


Yin Xiaoyan is a Chinese karateka. She won the silver medal in the women's 61kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. At the 2018 World Karate Championships in Madrid, Spain, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 61kg event.

Career

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 61kg event at the 2016 World University Karate Championships held in Braga, Portugal.
In 2018, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 61kg event at the Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. 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. She won the silver medal in the women's 61kg event.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
2011Asian ChampionshipsQuanzhou, China1stTeam kumite
2011Asian ChampionshipsQuanzhou, China2ndKumite 61kg
2012Asian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan1stTeam kumite
2012Asian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan3rdKumite +68kg
2014Asian GamesIncheon, South Korea3rdKumite 61kg
2015Asian ChampionshipsYokohama, Japan1stKumite 61kg
2017Asian ChampionshipsAstana, Kazakhstan1stKumite 61kg
2018Asian ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan1stKumite 61kg
2018Asian ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan3rdTeam kumite
2018Asian GamesJakarta, Indonesia1stKumite 61kg
2018World ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain2ndKumite 61kg
2019Asian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan1stKumite 61kg
2021Summer OlympicsTokyo, Japan2ndKumite 61kg