10 Facts About Zou Kai

Zou Kai is a five-time Olympic and five-time World champion Chinese gymnast, specializing in floor exercise and the horizontal bar.

Zou Kai later won two additional gold medals at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Zou Kai made his debut at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Aarhus, helping the Chinese Team win gold, and placing sixth at the individual floor exercise final.

At the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Zou Kai achieved the same results, winning the team competition and again placing sixth on floor.

Zou Kai participated in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, winning gold in the floor exercise and silver in the horizontal bar individual events, as well as a gold medal as part of the Chinese team.

On his Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Zou Kai contributed to the team's gold and won unexpected individual gold medals on floor exercise and the horizontal bar scoring 16.050 and 16.200 respectively.

Zou Kai was the second Chinese Olympian to receive three gold medals at a single Olympic Games, following Li Ning who first achieved the feat at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and was the most successful Chinese athlete at the Beijing Olympics, with the most gold medal wins.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Zou Kai led the team to win gold and later successfully defended his Olympic title at the floor exercise, winning gold again, only the second to do so in the men's floor exercise following Soviet Gymnast Nikolai Andrianov who won the event in 1972 and 1976.

Zou Kai was unable to defend his title in the horizontal bar however, finishing less than two tenths of a point behind the lead, eventually winning a bronze medal in the event.

Zou Kai participated in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, winning gold in both the floor exercise and horizontal bar individual events, as well as a bronze medal as part of the Chinese team.