Ling Jie

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Ling Jie
Full nameLing Jie
Born (1982-10-22) October 22, 1982 (age 42)
Hengyang, Hunan
Gymnastics career
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Country representedFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Head coach(es)Liu Quinling
Assistant coach(es)Zhimin Xie
ChoreographerQuanjin Liu
Medal record
Women's gymnastics
Representing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Sydney Uneven Bars
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Tianjin Balance Beam
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Tianjin Uneven Bars
World Cup Final
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2000 GlasgowUneven Bars
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2000 GlasgowBalance Beam
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Bangkok Team
East Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Osaka Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Osaka Balance Beam
Summer Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2001 BeijingTeam
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2001 BeijingUneven Bars
National Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1997 ShanghaiTeam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1997 ShanghaiUneven Bars
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1997 ShanghaiBalance Beam
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2001 GuangzhouTeam

Ling Jie (born October 22, 1982) is a retired Chinese artistic gymnast. She was the 1999 World Champion on the balance beam, the 2000 Chinese all-around national champion, and the silver medalist on the uneven bars at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

Ling was also a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2000 Olympics, but the medal was stripped by the IOC in 2010 after one of the Chinese team members, Dong Fangxiao, was found to be underage during the competition. In March 2012, the 1999 World Championship Team Bronze was forfeited by China and given to Ukraine in light of the same information. [1]

She is the innovator of a skill on the uneven bars that bears her name in the Code of Points: the "Ling," a full pirouetting front giant starting and ending in the inverted grip. [2]

References

  1. China Hands Bronze from 1999 Worlds to Ukraine
  2. "Ling Jie " I Had Successfully Trained The Kovacs"". WOGymnast. Archived from the original on September 25, 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2013.