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Wei Xiaoyuan

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Wei Xiaoyuan
Vi tiêu viên
Wei on the balance beam at the2019 Junior World Championships
Personal information
Country representedChina
Born(2004-08-25)August 25, 2004(age 20)
Guangxi,China
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team2018–Present (CHN)
ClubShanxi Province, Guangxi province, He Hua's club
Headcoach(es)He Hua, Wang Liming
Medal record
Women'sartistic gymnastics
RepresentingChina
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kitakyushu Uneven Bars
Gold medal – first place 2022 Liverpool Uneven Bars
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Doha Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Doha Uneven Bars
World University Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Chengdu Team
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Györ Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Győr Balance Beam
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Győr Uneven Bars
In thisChinese name,thefamily nameisWei.

Wei Xiaoyuan(Chinese:Vi tiêu viên,born August 25, 2004) is a Chineseartistic gymnast.[1]She is best known for her work on the uneven bars, where she is a two-time world champion (2021,2022), the2022 Asianchampion, and a two-time Chinese national silver medalist (2021,2022). In the all-around, she is the2021 Chinese National Gameschampion and the2020 Chinese nationalsilver medalist. On the junior level, she is a three-timeJunior World Championshipsmedalist and the 2019National Youth Gamesall-around champion.[2]

Junior gymnastics career

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2018

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In February Wei competed at theWOGA Classicin the United States where she placed thirteenth in the all-around but recorded the third highest score on the balance beam.[3]In April she competed at the2018 City of Jesolo Trophyin Italy, where she placed seventh on the balance beam and helped China place fifth in the team competition.[4]

The following month Wei competed at the senior-level Chinese Championships representingGuangxiprovince. She placed fourteenth in the all-around and her team placed eleventh.[5]In June, Wei competed at the Chinese Junior National Championships where she finished second in the 14 and under division behindGuan Chenchen.During event finals she won silver on uneven bars behindWang Jingying,finished seventh on balance beam, and won gold on floor exercise.[6]

2019

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In March Wei competed at the2019 City of Jesolo Trophywhere she placed fifth in the all-around, on balance beam, and on floor exercise and placed seventh on uneven bars.[7]In May she competed at the Chinese Championships where she placed tenth in the all-around.[8]Wei was later selected to represent China at theinaugural Junior World ChampionshipsalongsideOu YushanandGuan Chenchen.While there she helped China finish second in team final, behind Russia and ahead of the United States. Individually, Wei finished sixth in the all-around and won two medals in the event finals: silver on balance beam behindElena Gerasimovaand bronze on uneven bars behindVladislava UrazovaandViktoria Listunova.[9]

Team / All-Around Final
Uneven Bars Final
Balance Beam Final
Wei at the2019 Junior World Championships

She finished the season competing at theNational Youth Gameswhere she won gold in the all-around and on uneven bars ahead ofOu Yushan,silver on floor exercise behind Ou, and bronze in the team final, and she finished seventh on balance beam.[10]

Senior gymnastics career

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2020

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In late January it was announced that Wei would make her senior debut at theStuttgart World Cuptaking place in March.[11]She was replaced byZhou Ruiyu;however the Stuttgart World Cup was later canceled due to thecoronavirus pandemic in Germany.[12]

In September, she competed at the postponedNational Championships.In the qualification round, which also served as the team final, Wei debuted upgraded routines on uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise to qualify in third place to the all-around final behind defending championLiu Tingtingand Junior Words teammateGuan Chenchen.[13]She also qualified in second place to the balance beam final, behind Guan and ahead of2018 World ChampionLiu, and in sixth place to the uneven bars final.[13]Wei led theGuangxiprovincial team to an eight place finish, contributing the top score on every event.[14]

In the all-around final, Wei improved her ranking from qualifications to win the silver medal behind Liu despite a fall on her acrobatic series on beam.[15]Wei recorded the highest uneven bars score and tied withQi Qifor the highest all-around score of the day but remained behind Liu in the combined two-day total.[16]Wei expressed satisfaction with her performance despite the fall on beam and said she hoped to learn the double-twistingYurchenko(DTY) vault to improve her chances of making the Chinese team for the postponed2020 Summer Olympics.[17]Wei repeated her placements from qualifications in the event finals, placing sixth on uneven bars and winning silver on beam behind Guan.[18][19]

2021

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Wei was selected to be an alternate at the2020 Olympic GamesalongsideLuo Rui,He Licheng,Liu TingtingandQi Qi.

She competed at the National Games held in September, representing team Guangxi. Her provincial team did not make the team finals but Wei contributed the highest score on all 4 events. She then qualified for AA finals in 2nd place behind Ou Yushan, Uneven bars final in 2nd behind Fan Yilin and Floor finals in 3rd. Wei won All-around gold by less than 0.100 points ahead of Ou Yushan and Luo Rui. She also received a bronze medal on uneven bars behind 2-time world champion Fan Yilin and Olympian Lu Yufei. Due to a fall on her first tumbling pass and on the double wolf turn, she placed 8th on event finals for floor.

Wei then competed at the2021 World Championships,she had a fall on the korbut flip on beam and the 2nd pass on floor but qualified for All-around finals in 7th and Uneven bars final in 2nd, behind Brazil's Rebeca Andrade. In the all-around finals, she finished 6th in all-around despite a fall on her uneven bars and a repeated element on floor. On event finals, she bounced back from her previous mistakes and won gold on Uneven bars with a score of 14.733.[20]

2022

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Wei competed at the2022 Asian Championshipsin June. While there she helped China place first as a team, with the highest uneven bars score of the meet of 15.000. Individually she won gold on the uneven bars with a score of 14.767.[21]

Wei next competed at theChinese National Championshipsheld in Huanglong, Zhejiang. She qualified to both the all-around and uneven bars finals. Additionally she helped her team, Guangxi province, to achieve a fourth place finish. In the all-around final Wei improved significantly and scored the third highest score of the night. After combining scores of both qualifications and finals, Wei settled for fifth place in the all-around. In the uneven bars final Wei successfully competed her 6.6 difficulty level routine and received the silver medal after losing a tiebreak to fellow2021 WorldsmedalistLuo Ruiwith a score of 14.966.[22]

Wei was selected to compete at theWorld Championshipswhere she helped China qualify to the team final and individually she qualified to the uneven bars final. During the team final Wei put up the highest uneven bars score of the day helping China finish sixth. During the uneven bars final Wei scored a 14.966 to win the gold and successfully defended her title.[23]

2023

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Wei competed at the postponed2021 World University GamesalongsideOu Yushan,Du Siyu,Luo Huan,andZhang Jin;together they won team gold.

Selected competitive skills

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Apparatus Name Description Difficulty Performed
Vault YurchenkoFull Yurchenkoentry, laid out salto backwards with one (1/1) twist 4.6 2020
Uneven Bars Double Layout 1/1 Dismount: Full-twisting (1/1) double laid out salto backwards E 2020
Healy Forward giant with 360° turn on one arm from reverse grip to L grip 2020
Inbar 1/1 InbarStalderto full (1/1) pirouette 2020
Komova II InbarShaposhnikovatransition to high bar 2020
PikedJaeger Reverse grip swing to piked salto forwards to catch high bar 2020
Van Leeuwen Toe-On Shaposhnikova transition with ½ twist to high bar 2020
Balance Beam Switch Ring Switch leap to ring position (180° split with raised back leg) E 2020
Triple Twist Dismount: laid out salto backwards with triple (3/1) twist F 2020
Floor Exercise Triple Twist Laid out salto backwards with triple (3/1) twist E 2020

Competitive history

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Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2018 WOGA Classic 13
City of Jesolo Trophy 5 7
National Championships 14
Junior National Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 City of Jesolo Trophy 5 7 5 5
National Championships 10
Junior World Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
National Youth Games 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Senior
2020 National Championships 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Individual National Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4
2021 National Championships 10 7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
National Games 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8
World Championships 6 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022
Asian Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
National Championships 4 5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships 6 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023 World University Games 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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  5. ^"2018 Chinese Championships Results".9 May 2018.
  6. ^"2018 Chinese Junior Championships Results".The Gymternet.June 19, 2018.
  7. ^"2019 City of Jesolo Trophy Results".The Gymternet.March 4, 2019.
  8. ^"2019 Chinese Championships Results".The Gymternet.May 16, 2019.
  9. ^"2019 Junior World Championships Results".The Gymternet.July 2, 2019.
  10. ^"2019 Chinese National Youth Games Results".The Gymternet.August 7, 2019.
  11. ^"Olympic, World champions gear up for star-studded Stuttgart World Cup".International Gymnastics Federation.January 30, 2020.
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