Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896, with women competing for the time at the 1928 Olympic Games. [1] Chinese female artistic gymnasts first competed at the 1984 Olympic Games and have competed at every subsequent Olympic Games. China was stripped of their team bronze medal in 2000 after it was discovered that one of their gymnasts was underage. [2]
Gymnast | Years |
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Bi Wenjing | 1996 |
Chen Cuiting | 1988 |
Chen Yongyan | 1984 |
Cheng Fei | 2004, 2008 |
Deng Linlin | 2008, 2012 |
Dong Fangxiao | 2000 |
Fan Di | 1988 |
Fan Ye | 2004 |
Fan Yilin | 2016, 2020 |
Guan Chenchen | 2020 |
He Kexin | 2008, 2012 |
He Xuemei | 1992 |
Huang Mandan | 2000 |
Huang Qiushuang | 2012 |
Huang Qun | 1984 |
Ji Liya | 1996 |
Jiang Yuyuan | 2008 |
Kui Yuanyuan | 1996, 2000 |
Li Li | 1992 |
Li Shanshan | 2008 |
Li Ya | 2004 |
Li Yifang | 1992 |
Lin Li | 2004 |
Ling Jie | 2000 |
Liu Xuan | 1996, 2000 |
Lu Li | 1992 |
Lu Yufei | 2020 |
Luo Huan | 2024 |
Ma Yanhong | 1984 |
Ma Ying | 1988 |
Mao Yanling | 1996 |
Mao Yi | 2016 |
Mo Huilan | 1996 |
Ou Yushan | 2020, 2024 |
Qiao Ya | 1996 |
Qiu Qiyuan | 2024 |
Shang Chunsong | 2016 |
Sui Lu | 2012 |
Tan Jiaxin | 2016 |
Tang Xijing | 2020 |
Wang Huiying | 1988 |
Wang Tiantian | 2004 |
Wang Wenjing | 1988 |
Wang Xiaoyan | 1988 |
Wang Yan | 2016 |
Wu Jiani | 1984 |
Yang Bo | 1992 |
Yang Yilin | 2008 |
Yang Yun | 2000 |
Yao Jinnan | 2012 |
Zhang Jin | 2020 |
Zhang Nan | 2004 |
Zhang Xia | 1992 |
Zhang Yihan | 2024 |
Zhou Ping | 1984 |
Zhou Qiurui | 1984 |
Zhou Yaqin | 2024 |
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the Code of Points used to score performances and regulates all aspects of elite international competition. Within individual countries, gymnastics is regulated by national federations such as British Gymnastics and USA Gymnastics. Artistic gymnastics is a popular spectator sport at many competitions, including the Summer Olympic Games.
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, three different gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampoline. The artistic gymnastics and trampoline events were held at the Sydney SuperDome on 16–25 September and 22–23 September, respectively. The rhythmic gymnastics events were held at Pavilion 3 of the Sydney Olympic Park on 28 September – 1 October.
Liu Xuan is a former Chinese artistic gymnast. She competed in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics and won two Olympic medals, including gold on the balance beam in 2000. She was born in Changsha, Hunan.
Cheng Fei is a Chinese retired artistic gymnast. She is a three-time World Champion on the vault (2005–2007) and 2006 World Champion on floor exercise. She was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese teams for the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Aarhus, Denmark and 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. She was also a member of the silver medal-winning Chinese team for the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
Kui Yuanyuan is a former artistic gymnast from China who competed in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games.
Gymnastics events have been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. For 32 years, only men were allowed to compete. Beginning at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, women were allowed to compete in artistic gymnastics events as well. Rhythmic gymnastics events were introduced at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and trampoline events were added at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, three gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline. The artistic gymnastics events were held at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium on August 9–19. The rhythmic gymnastics events were held at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium on August 21–24. The trampoline events were also held at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium on August 16–19.
He Kexin is a Chinese former artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, she won gold medals on the uneven bars and as a member of the Chinese team. She was one of only a few gymnasts to score over 17.00 under the 2005–2008 Code of Points, and her 7.7 difficulty score on bars in 2008 was one of the highest in the world.
The age requirements in gymnastics are established by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) and regulate the age at which gymnasts are allowed to participate in senior-level competitions.
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These are the results of the women's team all-around competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The qualification and final rounds took place on September 17 and 19 at the Sydney SuperDome. The number of gymnasts that made up each national team had changed again from 7 in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and back to 6, the number from the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The format was similar to that of 1996, but specific to Sydney, 5 out of 6 gymnasts would compete on each apparatus where only the top 4 scores would count towards the final combined score at the end.
Dong Fangxiao is a Chinese retired international gymnast who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She won a bronze medal with the Chinese team at the Olympics, as well as the 1999 World Championships in Tianjin China, but both the medals were stripped from her and her teammates when it was discovered she had competed underage.
Kelli Hill is an American artistic gymnastics coach who coached Olympians Dominique Dawes, Elise Ray, and Courtney Kupets, and Olympic reserves Corrie Lothrop and Kayla DiCello. She was the head coach of the 2000 and 2004 Olympic teams and of the 1994, 1996, 1999, and 2003 World Championship teams for Women's artistic gymnastics. She is the owner of Hill's Gymnastics Training Center in Gaithersburg, Maryland
The United States women's national artistic gymnastics team represents the United States in FIG international competitions.
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