Huang Xu

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Huang Xu Personal information Full name: Huang Xu Country Represented:  China Date of birth: February 4, 1979 (1979-02-04) (age 30) Place of birth: Nantong, Jiangsu Height: 162 centimetres (5 ft 4 in) Discipline: Men's artistic gymnastics Level: Senior Head coach(es): Chen Xiong Assistant coach(es): Huang Yubin

Medal record Olympic Games Gold 2000 Sydney Team Gold 2008 Beijing Team competition World Championships Gold 2007 Stuttgart Team Gold 2003 Anaheim Team Silver 2003 Anaheim Parallel bars Gold 1999 Tianjin Team Gold 1997 Lausanne Team

Huang Xu (simplified Chinese: 黄旭; traditional Chinese: 黃旭; pinyin: Huáng Xù; born February 4, 1979 in Nantong, Jiangsu) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He specializes on the pommel horse and the parallel bars and is also strong on still rings.

Background

Huang began gymnastics training when he was five and was a member of the Jiangxu provincial team in 1989. At the age of 14, he was selected into the national team.

National Team

Huang represented China at the 2000 Summer Olympics and was a member of the gold-medal-winning Chinese team. Individually, he placed 7th in the parallel bars event final, with a score of 9.650..^[1]

During the 2004 Summer Olympics, Huang contributed heavily to the Chinese gymnastics team, a 9.675 on pommel horse, a 9.712 on still rings and a 9.687 on floor exercise. However, several errors and falls of his teamates prevented the Chinese team from getting a team medal. Individually, he placed fourth in the pommel horse event final, with a score of 9.775.

Huang was the oldest member of the Chinese gymnastics team at the 2008 Summer Olympics and won gold in the team final. He also placed sixth in the parallel bars event final.^[2]

Huang is the 2003 World silver medalist on the parallel bars, and has been a member of four World Champion Chinese teams (1997, 1999, 2003, 2007).

References

1. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnastics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_parallel_bars
2. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnastics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_parallel_bars

External links

• Huang Xu at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
• Huang Xu at Beijing 2008.

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