Qiu Qiyuan

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Qiu Qiyuan
邱祺缘
Qiu Qiyuan - Podium Bars Paris Olympics 2024 (cropped).jpg
Personal information
Full nameQiu Qiyuan
Country representedFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Born (2007-05-24) 24 May 2007 (age 17)
Fujian, China
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
Years on national team2019–present (CHN)
Head coach(es)Sun Ping, Liu Tao
Medal record
Representing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Uneven bars
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Antwerp Uneven bars
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Singapore Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Singapore All-around
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Singapore Uneven bars

Qiu Qiyuan (born 24 May 2007) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. She is the 2023 World and 2023 Asian champion on the uneven bars as well as the 2024 Olympic silver medalist. Additionally she is the 2023 Asian all-around champion and is a two-time Chinese all-around champion.

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Junior gymnastics career

Qiu began gymnastics when she was four years old. [1]

Espoir

At the 2019 Chinese Junior Championships, Qiu won the all-around bronze medal in the U-13 category. In the event finals, she won silver on the balance beam and floor exercise. [2] Then at the 2019 National Youth Games, she won the silver medal in the all-around in the espoir division. Then in the event finals, she won gold on the balance beam and floor exercise and silver on the uneven bars behind Huang Zhuofan. [3] At the 2020 Chinese Junior Individual Championships, she finished fifth in the all-around and won bronze on the uneven bars in the U-14 category. [4]

Junior

Qiu competed at the senior level Chinese Championships in 2021 and finished tenth in the all-around and seventh on the balance beam. [5] Then at the National Games, she won the bronze medal on the balance beam behind Zhou Yaqin and Ou Yushan. She also finished fifth in the all-around and sixth with the Fujian provincial team. [6] At the 2022 Chinese Championships, she won the gold medal on the balance beam. She finished seventh in the all-around and fourth on the uneven bars. [7]

Senior gymnastics career

2023

Qiu became age-eligible for senior international competition in 2023. She made her senior international debut at the Doha World Cup. [8] She finished sixth on the uneven bars and seventh on the balance beam. [9] Then at the Baku World Cup, she won the gold medal on the uneven bars. [10] She won the Chinese national titles in the all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam. [11] In June, she was chosen for China's Asian Championships team along with Zhang Qingying, Zhang Xinyi, Zuo Tong, and Jia Ruoyi. The team won China's fourth-straight Asian Championships team title. [1] Individually, Qiu won the all-around gold medal with a score of 54.932. [12]

Qiu was selected to compete in Antwerp for the 2023 World Championships. The Chinese team consisted of Ou Yushan, Zhang Qingying, Zhou Yaqin, and Huang Zhuofan, with Wu Ran as the alternate. Qiu qualified for the individual all-around and uneven bar finals. Team China finished fourth in the team final behind the United States, Brazil, and France. Qiu also finished fourth in the individual all-around final behind Simone Biles, Rebeca Andrade, and Shilese Jones. [13] In the uneven bars final, she became World champion with a score of 15.100, slightly edging out Kaylia Nemour of Algeria. [14] [15]

2024

In March Qiu competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where she helped China win as a team. Individually she placed first on the uneven bars and balance beam. [16] The following month she competed at the Chinese National Championships where she won her second all-around national title. [17] She was selected to represent China at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Luo Huan, Ou Yushan, Zhang Yihan, Zhou Yaqin.

At the Olympic Games Qiu helped China qualify for the team final in third place. Individually she had qualified to the all-around and uneven bars finals. During the team final she contributed scores on vault, uneven bars, and balance beam towards China's sixth place finish. During the all-around final Qiu placed seventh. [18] For the uneven bars final Qiu performed an exceptional routine, earning a 15.500, her highest score of the whole competition. [19] She won the silver medal behind Kaylia Nemour, who posted a score of 15.700. [20]

Competitive history

YearEventTeamAA VT UB BB FX
Espoir
2019 Chinese Junior ChampionshipsBronze medal icon.svg7Silver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
National Youth GamesSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
2020 Chinese Junior Championships5Bronze medal icon.svg
Junior
2021 Chinese Championships 107
National Games 56Bronze medal icon.svg
2022 Chinese Championships 674Gold medal icon.svg
Senior
2023 Doha World Cup 67
Baku World Cup Gold medal icon.svg
Chinese ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Asian Championships Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg7
World Championships 44Gold medal icon.svg
2024 DTB Pokal Team Challenge Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Chinese ChampionshipsBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
Olympic Games 67Silver medal icon.svg

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