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Born | Sichuan, China | 15 February 2000||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Sichuan Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Ren Shuang, Sun Dan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Huang Zhangjiayang (born 15 February 2000) [1] is a Chinese rhythmic gymnast. She competed in the group all-around at the 2020 Olympic Games where the Chinese group finished fourth.
Huang began rhythmic gymnastics in 2005. [2]
Huang competed at the 2018 World Championships in Sofia alongside Ding Ziyi, Hu Yuhui, Liu Xin, and Xu Yanshu. They finished eleventh in the group all-around and did not qualify for either event final. [3]
Huang was selected to compete for the Chinese group at the 2019 World Championships alongside Hao Ting, Hu Yuhui, Guo Qiqi, Liu Xin, and Xu Yanshu. [4] The Chinese group together finished seventh in the all-around final. [5] Additionally, the group qualified for both event finals where they finished fifth in 5 balls and eighth in 3 hoops + 4 clubs. [6]
Huang was selected to represent China at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the group all-around alongside Hao Ting, Guo Qiqi, Liu Xin, and Xu Yanshu. [7] In the qualification round, they finished fifth and qualified for the final where they finished fourth behind Bulgaria, Russia, and Italy. [8] [9] The same group then competed at the 2021 World Championships and finished fifth in the group all-around. [10] In the event finals, they finished fifth in 5 balls and fourth in 3 hoops + 4 clubs. [11]
Huang won a bronze medal in the group all-around and a silver medal in 5 hoops at the 2022 Pesaro World Cup. [12] She competed at the 2022 World Championships in Sofia and helped the Chinese group finish seventh in the all-around. [13] In the event finals, they finished seventh in 5 hoops and fourth in 3 ribbons + 2 balls. [14]
At the 2023 Tashkent World Cup, Huang and the Chinese group swept the gold medals in the all-around and in both event finals. [15]
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