Yu Chao-wei

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Yu Chao-wei
Full nameYu Chao-wei
Country representedFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Born (1993-10-22) 22 October 1993 (age 29)
Residence Taoyuan, Taiwan
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
ClubTaiwan University of Sport
Head coach(es)Lin Yuxin

Yu Chao-wei (born 22 October 1993) is a Taiwanese male artistic gymnast.

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Career

Yu represented Chinese Taipei at the 2017 Summer Universiade and helped the team finish fifth. He qualified for the rings final and finished eighth. He also represented Chinese Taipei at the 2018 Asian Games where the team finished fourth. Individually, Yu competed in the all-around and finished thirteenth. [1]

Yu was a member of the team that qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games at the 2019 World Championships. [2] In the team final, the Chinese Taipei team finished sixth. [3]

Yu was initially selected to represent Chinese Taipei at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [4] However, he tore his ACL during training in July, and he was replaced by Hung Yuan-hsi. [5]

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References

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