Yin Xiaoyan (尹 笑言, born 28 August 1993) 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
Year Competition Venue RankEvent 2011 Asian Championships Quanzhou, China 1stTeam kumite 2ndKumite 61kg 2012 Asian Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1stTeam kumite 3rdKumite +68kg2014Asian GamesIncheon, South Korea 3rdKumite 61kg2015Asian ChampionshipsYokohama, Japan 1stKumite 61kg2017Asian ChampionshipsAstana, Kazakhstan 1stKumite 61kg 2018 Asian Championships Amman, Jordan 1stKumite 61kg 3rdTeam kumiteAsian GamesJakarta, Indonesia 1stKumite 61kgWorld ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain 2ndKumite 61kg2019Asian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan 1stKumite 61kg2021Summer OlympicsTokyo, Japan 2ndKumite 61kg
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