Guan Chenchen

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Guan.
Guan Chenchen
管晨辰
2019-06-26 1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics JWCH Women's Podium Training Floor exercise (Martin Rulsch) 191.jpg
Guan at the 2019 Junior World Championships
Personal information
Country represented China
Born (2004-09-25) September 25, 2004 (age 16)
Hubei, China
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team2018–Present (CHN)
ClubZhejiang Province
Head coach(es)Wang Qunce
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Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  China
Olympic Games
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Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Balance Beam
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Győr Team

Guan Chenchen (Chinese: 管晨辰; pinyin: Guǎn Chén Chén; born September 25, 2004) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic champion and the 2020 Chinese national champion on balance beam. On the junior level, she was a member of the Chinese team who won silver at the inaugural Junior World Championships.[1]

Career[]

Junior[]

2017[]

Guan competed at the Chinese Junior National Championships where she finished third amongst the 2003–04 born gymnasts.[2]

2018[]

In 2018 Guan competed at the Chinese Championships where she placed seventh in the all-around, second on balance beam, seventh on floor exercise, and her team placed third.[3] In June she competed at the Chinese Junior National Championships where she finished first in the 14 and under division. During event finals she placed fourth on uneven bars, won gold on balance beam, and won silver on floor exercise.[4]

2019[]

In March Guan competed at the 2019 City of Jesolo Trophy where she placed ninth in the all-around and sixth on vault and floor exercise.[5] In May she competed at the Chinese Championships where she placed eighth in the all-around.[6] Guan was later selected to represent China at the inaugural Junior World Championships alongside Ou Yushan and Wei Xiaoyuan. While there she helped China finish second in team final, behind Russia and ahead of the United States. Individually Guan finished sixth in the vault final.[7] She finished the season competing at the Chinese National Youth Games where she finished fourth in the all-around, first on vault, sixth on uneven bars, and second on balance beam behind Ou.[8]

Team / All-Around Final
Team / All-Around Final
Vault Final
Guan at the 2019 Junior World Championships

Senior[]

2020[]

In September Guan made her senior debut at the Chinese National Championships representing the Zhejiang provincial team. She led the team to win bronze in the team competition and individually qualified to the all-around final in second place behind reigning national champion Liu Tingting with a score of 55.900. She also qualified in first place to the balance beam final by a wide margin over reigning Junior World silver medalist Wei Xiaoyuan and reigning World silver medalist Liu. Her credited difficulty score of 7.0 was the highest of the 2017-2020 quad to that point.[9] During the all-around final she suffered multiple mishaps on uneven bars, beam, and floor and ended the competition in sixth place.[10] During the balance beam final she won gold with a secure routine ahead of Wei and Liu, and she placed eighth in the floor exercise final with a clean routine.[11]

2021[]

Guan was selected to represent China at the 2020 Summer Olympics as the youngest gymnast of the Chinese team, two months shy of being 17. At the Olympic Games she only competed on the balance beam during qualifications, where she posted the highest score, 14.933, and qualified first into the final.

On 3 August 2021, Guan won the gold medal in balance beam at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with a score of 14.633,[12] being the third Chinese gymnast to win the gold medal in this competition after Liu Xuan and Deng Linlin.[13]

Competitive history[]

Junior[]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2017 Junior National Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018 Chinese Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Junior National Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019 City of Jesolo Trophy 9 6 6
Chinese Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8
Junior World Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6
National Youth Games 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Senior[]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2020 National Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8
2021 National Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9 6
Olympic Games 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References[]

  1. ^ "2银1铜为国争光！南宁小将韦筱圆首届体操世青赛创佳绩-老友网-南宁网络广播电视台". Guangxi Radio & TV Network. 2019-07-05. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  2. ^ "2017 Chinese Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. June 19, 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 Chinese Championships Results". 9 May 2018.
  4. ^ "2018 Chinese Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. June 19, 2018.
  5. ^ "2019 City of Jesolo Trophy Results". The Gymternet. March 4, 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 Chinese Championships Results". The Gymternet. May 16, 2019.
  7. ^ "2019 Junior World Championships Results". The Gymternet. July 2, 2019.
  8. ^ "2019 Chinese National Youth Games Results". The Gymternet. August 7, 2019.
  9. ^ "Liu Leads Going Into All-Around Final". The Gymternet. 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  10. ^ "Liu Tingting retains Chinese all-around title". Olympic Channel. September 26, 2020.
  11. ^ "Results BB/FX EF 2020 Chinese Nationals". Golden China. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  12. ^ "China's Guan Chenchen leads in women's balance beam scoring". NBC Sports. July 24, 2021.
  13. ^ George Ramsay. "Guan Chenchen wins balance beam gold at the Tokyo Olympics as Simone Biles claims bronze". CNN. Retrieved 2021-08-03.

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