Zou Jingyuan
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Born | Yibin, China | 3 January 1998|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Beijing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | People's Republic of China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Sichuan Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Wang Hongwei, Teng Haibin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zou Jingyuan (Chinese: 邹敬园; pinyin: Zōu Jìngyuán, born 3 January 1998) is a Chinese artistic gymnast who specializes on parallel bars. He is the 2020 Olympic Champion and a two-time world champion on parallel bars. He was a member of the Chinese team that won bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, gold at the 2018 World Championships, and bronze at the 2019 World Championships.
Personal life[]
Zou Jingyuan was born 3 January 1998 in Yibin, Sichuan, China. He started gymnastics at the age of three when he was scouted by a coach because of his good physical condition.[1]
The General Administration of Sport of China named Zou an Elite Athlete of National Class in 2016.[1]
Zou studies physical education at Chengdu Sport University.[1]
Career[]
2017[]
In May 2017, Zou competed at the Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, where his team won gold.[1] He won first on parallel bars and rings, as well as second on pommel horse.[1]
In October, Zou competed at the World Championships in Montreal, Canada, where he placed first on parallel bars.[1]
2018[]
In August, Zou competed at the Asian Games in Indonesia, where his team won first.[1] Zou placed first on parallel bars and second on pommel horse.[1][2]
In October, Zou competed at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar, where the team placed first.[1] Zou placed first on parallel bars.[1]
2019[]
Zou competed at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where his team placed second.[1] He failed to qualify for the parallel bars event final after an error in qualifying,[3] but his team final parallel bars score of 16.383 was the highest score of the competition.[4]
2021[]
At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Zou competed for the People's Republic of China, a team including Sun Wei, Zou Jingyuan, Xiao Ruoteng, and Lin Chaopan.[5] The team won Olympic bronze with a combined score of 262.397, 0.606 points beneath the winning team.[6] Zou won Olympic gold on parallel bars with a score of 16.233,[7] the highest score and widest margin of victory (0.533) posted by any gymnast in any event at the Tokyo Olympics.[8][9]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Artistic Gymnastics ZOU Jingyuan". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "China tops gymnastics medal tally at Jakarta Asiad, history made by host Indonesia". Xinhuanet News. 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ "A bluffer's guide to artistic gymnastics: Parallel bars". Olympics.com. 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
- ^ Ivanov, Christian (November 2019). "Champs At Last". International Gymnast. Paul Ziert & Associates, Inc. 61 (9): 29.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics - Team China". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics - Final Results". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics - Final Results". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
- ^ "China's Zou Jingyuan wins parallel bars, Japan's Daiki Hashimoto horizontal bars in Olympic men's gymnastics". ESPN. 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
- ^ Crumlish, John (2021-08-29). "China's Zou: "I don't know why I still got the gold"". International Gymnast Online. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
External links[]
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Chinese male artistic gymnasts
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- Gymnasts at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Asian Games silver medalists for China
- Asian Games medalists in gymnastics
- People from Yibin
- Gymnasts from Sichuan
- Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts of China
- Olympic gold medalists for China
- Olympic bronze medalists for China
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics