Chen Siyi () is an elite Chinese gymnast. She trains at the National Training Center in Beijing. She's coached by Xiong Jingbin and Zhang Xia, who also coached Deng Linlin and Jiang Yuyuan. Her best events are uneven bars and balance beam.

Junior career

Chen competed in the Junior Nationals in 2010, where she placed tenth on vault. At the Individual Nationals, she had a sixth-place finish on bars. At the Élite Gym Massilia in the fall, where she made her international debut, she won gold on bars, silver in AA and placed fourth on beam, despite a fall. In January, she competed at the Australian Olympic Youth Festival with three other Chinese juniors. She won gold with the team and silver on balance beam. In September, she competed at the Chinese National Games, placing sixth with her team and eighteenth in the all-around.

Senior career

2014

Chen was named to the team selected to compete at both the

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and World Championships in

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. Alongside teammates

Yao Jinnan Yao Jinnan (born February 8, 1995) is a retired artistic gymnast who represented China at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the 2014 world champion on the uneven bars, and the 2011 world all-around bronze medalist and balance beam silver medal ...

Shang Chunsong Shang Chunsong (; born 18 March 1996) is a senior elite Chinese artistic gymnast. She represented China at the 2013, 2014, and 2015 World Championships and was a member of the Chinese silver-medal-winning teams at the latter two events. Shang wa ...

Huang Huidan Huang Huidan () is a Chinese artistic gymnast. She is the 2013 world uneven bars champion and 2014 world uneven bars silver medalist. She represents Zhejiang in domestic competitions. Junior career Huang joined the Chinese national team in 2009 ...

, Tan Jiaxin, and

Bai Yawen Bai Yawen () is a former Chinese artistic gymnast. She is the 2014 World balance beam silver medalist. She is also the 2014 World team silver medalist. 2014 was Bai Yawen's first year as a senior gymnast. At the Chinese National Championsh ...

, the Chinese team won gold in Incheon ahead of the North Korean and South Korean teams and silver in Nanning behind the United States and ahead of Russia. In Incheon, Chen placed third in the individual all-around qualifications, placing only 0.100 points behind teammate Shang. However, due to the two-per-country rule, only Yao and Shang were able to compete in the finals. In Nanning, she was less successful due to having a cold throughout much of the competition.

Competitive history

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Siyi 1998 births Chinese female artistic gymnasts Living people Sportspeople from Fuzhou Gymnasts at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Gymnasts from Fujian 21st-century Chinese women People from Lianjiang County