| Qiu Qiyuan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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邱祺缘 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Qiu Qiyuan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  China | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 May 2007 Fujian, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior international elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2019–present (CHN) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Sun Ping, Liu Tao | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Qiu Qiyuan (born 24 May 2007) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. She is the 2023 World, Asian, and Chinese champion on uneven bars, the 2023 Asian and Chinese all-around champion, and the 2023 Chinese balance beam champion.
Qiu began gymnastics when she was four years old. [1]
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]
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]
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]
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2019 | Chinese Junior Championships |  | 7 |  | | ||
| National Youth Games | | |  | | |||
| 2020 | Chinese Junior Championships | 5 | | ||||
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| 2021 | Chinese Championships | 10 | 7 | ||||
| National Games | 5 | 6 | | ||||
| 2022 | Chinese Championships | 6 | 7 | 4 | | ||
| Senior | |||||||
| 2023 | Doha World Cup | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Baku World Cup | | ||||||
| Chinese Championships | | | | ||||
| Asian Championships | | | | 7 | |||
| World Championships | 4 | 4 | | ||||
| 2024 | DTB Pokal Team Challenge | | | | |||
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