Yu Chao-wei

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Yu Chao-wei
Born (1993-10-22) 22 October 1993 (age 31)
Gymnastics career
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
ClubTaiwan University of Sport
Head coach(es)Lin Yuxin

Yu Chao-wei (born 22 October 1993) is a Taiwanese artistic gymnast. He has competed at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships five times. He helped Chinese Taipei qualify a full team to the 2020 Summer Olympics, but he was unable to compete due to an ACL injury.

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Career

Yu began gymnastics at the age of eight. [1] He competed at his first World Championships in 2011 and finished 140th in the all-around qualification round. [2]

Yu helped Chinese Taipei finish 23rd in the team qualifications at the 2015 World Championships. [3] He represented Chinese Taipei at the 2017 Summer Universiade and helped the team finish fifth. [4] He qualified for the rings final and finished eighth. [5] He competed on the floor exercise, still rings, vault, and parallel bars at the 2017 World Championships but did not advance into any finals. [6]

Yu represented Chinese Taipei at the 2018 Asian Games, where the team finished fourth. Individually, Yu competed in the all-around and finished 13th. [7] He competed with the Chinese Taipei team that placed 17th in the team qualifications at the 2018 World Championships. [8]

Yu was a member of the team that qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games at the 2019 World Championships, and they qualified to the team final for the first time. [9] In the team final, the Chinese Taipei team finished sixth, with Yu contributing on the still rings and the parallel bars. [10]

Yu was initially selected to represent Chinese Taipei at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Lee Chih-kai, Shiao Yu-jan, and Tang Chia-hung. [11] However, he tore his ACL during training in July, and he was replaced by Hung Yuan-hsi. [1] [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Yu Chao Wei - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "43rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Tokyo (JPN) 7 – 16 October 2011 All-Around Results Men's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 9 October 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Men's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 25 October 2015. p. 3. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Team Final Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . Taipei 2017. 20 August 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Rings Final Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . Taipei 2017. 23 August 2017. p. 3. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Results for 47th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  7. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (1 September 2018). "2018 Asian Games Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "48th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Doha (QAT), 25 October - 3 November 2018 Men's Team Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "'Harvest day': Chinese Taipei turns in Tokyo-worthy performance". International Gymnastics Federation. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Stuttgart (GER), 4 October - 13 October 2019 Men's Team Final" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "東奧中華體操男子成隊名單確定　蕭佑然、游朝偉入列" [Taiwanese men's gymnastics team for the Tokyo Olympics confirmed, Shiao Yu-jan and Yu Chao-wei added]. ETtoday新聞雲 (in Chinese). 6 June 2021.
  12. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (17 July 2021). "Magistrati Replaces Dominici in Tokyo Following Doping Suspension". The Gymternet. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
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