Cheng Fei is a three-time World Champion on the vault and 2006 World Champion on floor exercise.
25 Facts About Cheng Fei
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Cheng Fei was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese teams for the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Aarhus, Denmark and 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
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Cheng Fei was a member of the silver medal-winning Chinese team for the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
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Cheng Fei was born in central China's Hubei Province to a father who was a shipping clerk and a mother who worked in a tire factory, not a very wealthy background.
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The 7-year-old Cheng Fei was sent to Wuhan, where she joined the Wuhan Institute of Physical Education and officially entered the national sports program.
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Cheng Fei's coaches are head coach Lu Shanzhen, and Liu Qun Lin.
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Cheng Fei is known for her powerful tumbling and her expressive floor routines.
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Cheng Fei retired in June 2012 due to a ruptured Achilles tendon while performing a tumbling pass on the floor.
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Cheng Fei has had national success in gymnastics as a two-time Chinese National Floor Exercise Champion, a two-time Chinese National Vault medalist and the 2004 Chinese National Balance Beam Champion.
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Cheng Fei competed with the Chinese team at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece and although the team did not medal, she performed very well, scoring 9.475 on vault and 9.662 on floor.
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Cheng Fei was the bronze medalist at the 2004 World Cup Final on floor exercise.
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On 23 November 2005 Cheng Fei made history at the 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Melbourne, Australia, for being the first gymnast ever to successfully perform one of the most difficult vaults ever attempted by a woman.
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Cheng Fei won the gold medal on the vault at the 2006 World Cup Final in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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In 2007 Cheng Fei began the year by winning the vault, balance beam and floor exercise titles at a World Cup event in Maribor, Slovenia.
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Cheng Fei was undefeated on vaulting and floor exercise in 2007 until the 2007 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
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At those championships, Cheng Fei was recognized as the leader for the Chinese women's team and though Cheng Fei won her third World title on the vault, she made a serious error on the vault during the team championship where the Chinese team finished 2nd.
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Cheng Fei went on to finish 5th on floor exercise, with a score of 15.050, after stepping out of the bounds with both feet in her final tumbling series.
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Cheng Fei fulfilled her goal of competing at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China as the captain to the Chinese team.
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Cheng Fei was one of three female gymnasts to have entered 3 Olympic Event Finals in those Games, along with Nastia Liukin and Anna Pavlova.
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Cheng Fei won another bronze medal on balance beam and placing 7th in the floor exercise event final, after an uncharacteristic fall.
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Cheng Fei won three gold medals on vault, floor exercise and balance beam at the DTG World Cup in Stuttgart.
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Cheng Fei led the qualifications on vault and finished 2nd in the final.
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Cheng Fei intended to compete floor as well but withdrew prior to the qualifying round.
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Cheng Fei injured her Achilles tendon in June 2012, taking her out of the running for the 2012 Chinese Olympic Team.
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Cheng Fei has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.