2015 Asian Aerobic Gymnastics Championships

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The 2015 Asian Aerobic Gymnastics Championships were the fifth edition of the Asian Aerobic Gymnastics Championships, and were held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from December 11 to December 13, 2015. [1]

The Asian Gymnastic Union (AGU) organizes Asian Gymnastics Championships for each of the FIG gymnastic disciplines: men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, acrobatic gymnastics, aerobic gymnastics and trampoline gymnastics. This article lists only the senior editions of the Asian Gymnastics Championships, in which competitors must be over 16 years of age. Specific editions of the Asian Championships also exist for junior athletes; for example, the first edition of the Junior Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held in 1971, but the first senior edition of the tournament was only held in 1996. Similarly, Junior Asian Trampoline Championships were held in 2010 and 2012, but only in 2014 the Asian Gymnastics Union held a senior tournament in conjunction with the junior championships for the first time.

Ho Chi Minh City Municipality in Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City, also known by its former name of Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn; [sàj ɣɔ̀n] or [ʂàj ɣɔ̀ŋ]), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of 8.4 million as of 2017. Located in southeast Vietnam, the metropolis surrounds the Saigon River and covers about 2,061 square kilometres.

Vietnam Country in Southeast Asia

Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula. With an estimated 94.6 million inhabitants as of 2016, it is the 15th most populous country in the world. Vietnam is bordered by China to the north, Laos and Cambodia to the west, part of Thailand to the southwest, and the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia across the South China Sea to the east and southeast. Its capital city has been Hanoi since the reunification of North and South Vietnam in 1976, while its most populous city is Ho Chi Minh City.

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Medal summary

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's individual Han-Jin Kim
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Mizuki Saito
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Chanawit Thongdee
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Women's individual Yu Yangyang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Mana Kodama
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Chao Ma
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Mixed pairFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
TrioFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
GroupFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
DanceFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
StepFlag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)3227
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)3216
3Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia  (MGL)1102
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)0213
5Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam  (VIE)0022
6Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)0011
Totals (6 Nations)77721

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