1. Zou Jingyuan is a Chinese artistic gymnast who specializes in parallel bars and rings.
16 Facts About Zou Jingyuan
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Zou Jingyuan is a two-time Olympic champion on parallel bars, winning gold at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.
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Zou Jingyuan is a three-time world champion on parallel bars, winning in 2017,2018, and 2022.
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Zou Jingyuan was a member of the Chinese team that won silver at the 2024 Paris Olympics, bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, gold at the 2018 and 2022 World Championships, and bronze at the 2019 World Championships.
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Zou Jingyuan was the silver medalist on rings at the 2024 Olympics and 2022 World Championships.
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Zou Jingyuan was born 3 January 1998 in Yibin, Sichuan, China.
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Zou Jingyuan started gymnastics at the age of three when he was scouted by a coach because of his good physical condition.
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In May 2017, Zou Jingyuan competed at the Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, where his team won gold.
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Zou Jingyuan won first on parallel bars and rings, as well as second on pommel horse.
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Zou Jingyuan placed first on parallel bars and second on pommel horse.
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Zou Jingyuan competed at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where his team placed second.
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Zou Jingyuan failed to qualify for the parallel bars event final after an error in qualifying, but his team final parallel bars score of 16.383 was the highest score of the competition.
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At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Zou competed for the People's Republic of China, a team including Sun Wei, Zou Jingyuan, Xiao Ruoteng, and Lin Chaopan.
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Zou Jingyuan won Olympic gold on parallel bars with a score of 16.233, the highest score and widest margin of victory posted by any gymnast in any event at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Zou Jingyuan competed on parallel bars and rings for China at the World Championships in Liverpool, winning gold in the team event, gold on parallel bars, and silver on rings behind gold medalist Adem Asil.
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Zou Jingyuan added a new named element on rings during qualifications, the Zou: the gymnast lowers slowly from inverted cross to inverted hang and felges backward slowly to V cross, holding for 2 seconds.