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2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2018 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships was the 48th edition of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. The competition was held from October 25 – November 3, 2018, at the Aspire Academy Dome in Doha, Qatar. It was the first time that the competition was held in the Middle East. Simone Biles became the first American to medal on every event at a single World Championships and the first woman to do so in 31 years. The last person to complete this feat was Russian Yelena Shushunova in 1987. Competition schedule Medal summary Medalists Names with an asterisk (*) denote the team alternate. Medal standings Overall Men Women Men's results Team The top 3 teams from the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Oldest and youngest competitors Individual all-around Defending champion Xiao Ruoteng of China lost the title on a tiebreaker to Russia's Artur Dalaloyan. The tie-breaking proced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vault (gymnastics)
The vault is an artistic gymnastics apparatus which gymnasts perform on, as well as the skill performed using that apparatus. Vaulting is also the action of performing a vault. Both male and female gymnasts perform the vault. The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring is VT. The apparatus Early forms of the vault were invented by German Friedrich Ludwig Jahn. The apparatus itself originated as a "horse", much like the pommel horse but without the handles; it was sometimes known as the vaulting horse. The horse was set up with its long dimension perpendicular to the run for women, and parallel for men.What's With That Weird New Vault? an August 2004 "Explainer" article from '''' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Kuksenkov
Nikolai Yulievich Kuksenkov (russian: Николай Юльевич Куксенков, uk, Микола Юлійович Куксенков; born 2 June 1989) is a retired Russian gymnast who won a silver medal in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He competed for Ukraine for many years and moved to Russia after the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he placed fourth in the all-around and fourth with the team. Personal life Kuksenkov was born on 2 June 1989 in Kiev, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union. He received Russian citizenship on 23 April 2013. Career For Ukraine Kuksenkov was a member of the junior Ukrainian team that won team gold at the European Championships. In 2008, he finished 4th in all-around at the 2008 European Championships, Kuksenkov missed qualifying in the Ukrainian Team for the 2008 Summer Olympics because of an injury where he underwent surgery and took a while for the recovery. He won gold in All-around and silver in Horizontal Bar at the 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artur Dalaloyan
Artur Grachyevich Dalaloyan (Russian: Артур Грачьевич Далалоян) born 26 April 1996 is a Russian artistic gymnast who represented ROC at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He was part of the teams who won gold at the 2020 Olympic Games and 2019 World Championships and silver at the 2018 World Championships. Individually Dalaloyan is the 2018 World All-Around Champion and the 2019 World All-Around silver medalist. He is a nine-time World medalist and a five-time European champion. Personal life Dalaloyan was born in Tiraspol, Moldova to an Armenian father and a Russian mother. He has a younger brother. Their parents later moved to Russia. Dalaloyan started doing gymnastics at age six, while still living in Novosibirsk. A year later, his family relocated to Moscow and he began training under Aleksandr Kalinin. Dalaloyan's father left when he was young and is not in contact with him. While a schoolboy, he performed as a backup dancer for Russia's entrant Alexan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Belyavskiy
David Sagitovich Belyavskiy ( rus, Давид Сагитович Белявский, , dɐˈvʲid bʲɪˈlʲafskʲɪɪ̯; born 23 February 1992) is a Russian artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian, representing Russia in 2012 and 2016 and ROC in 2020. He was part of the teams who won gold at the 2020 Olympic Games and 2019 World Championships and silver at the 2016 Olympic Games and 2018 World Championships. Individually Belyavskiy won an Olympic bronze medal on parallel bars in 2016 and a World silver and bronze medal on pommel horse and parallel bars, respectively, in 2017. Additionally he is the 2019 European Games champion, a five-time European Games medalist, seven-time European champion, and 18-time European medalist. Personal life Belyavskiy was born in Votkinsk, Udmurtia. His parents died early in his life and he was raised by his grandparents, growing up in a boarding school. He attended Ural State University. He married his fiancée, Maria, on October 30, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zou Jingyuan
Zou Jingyuan (, born 3 January 1998) is a Chinese artistic gymnast who specializes on parallel bars and rings (gymnastics), rings. He is the Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars, 2020 Olympic Champion and a three-time world champion on parallel bars. He was a member of the Chinese team that won bronze at the Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic team all-around, 2020 Tokyo Olympics, gold at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships#Team, 2018 and 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2022 World Championships, and bronze at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships#Team, 2019 World Championships. He was the silver medalist on rings at the 2022 World Championships. Personal life Zou Jingyuan was born 3 January 1998 in Yibin, Sichuan, China. He started gymnastics at the age of three when he was scouted by a coach because of his good physical condition. The General Administration of Sport of China named Zou an Eli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiao Ruoteng
Xiao Ruoteng (, born 30 January 1996) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. Personal life Xiao was born 30 January 1996 in Beijing, China. He began gymnastics at age five. Xiao has received four awards. The General Administration of Sport of China named him an Elite Athlete of National Class in 2012 and 2016. In 2018, the Xinhua News Agency named him one of the Top 10 Athletes of the Year in the People's Republic of China. In 2020, he received the Beijing May 4th Youth Medal. He studied physical education at Beijing Sport University and speaks Mandarin and English. Career 2015 Xiao competed in the World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain, where his team placed third. 2016 Xiao injured his elbow during training, and was unable to compete in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2017 In May 2017, Xiao competed at the Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, where his team won gold. He won first all around and on parallel bars, as well as second on floor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Wei (gymnast)
Sun Wei (; born 12 August 1995, in Nantong, Jiangsu) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He is a 2018 world champion in the team competition and a member of the 2020 Olympic team. Personal life Sun was born 12 August 1995 in Nantong, China. He started gymnastics at age three; he was a weak child, and his parents wanted his strength to improve. He studied at the Nanjing Sport Institute. Career 2017 In May 2017, Sun competed at the Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, where his team won gold. 2018 In August, Sun competed at the Asian Games in Indonesia, where his team won first. Sun placed second on high bar and third on pommel horse. In October, he was part of the Chinese team at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Doha, Qatar, and helped his country to gold medal in the team event. He also qualified for the all-around final where he placed fourth. 2019 Sun competed at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where his team placed second. 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Chaopan
Lin Chaopan (, born 27 August 1995) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, as well as the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Personal life Lin was born 27 August 1995 in Jinjiang, China. He started gymnastics at age five in Quanzhou, China after being scouting by coach Shi Boping. Lin has received two awards. The General Administration of Sport of China named him an Elite Athlete of International Class in 2014 and presented him the Sports Medal of Honour in 2016. Lin studied coaching at Beijing Sport University. Career 2013 Lin made his World Championships debut at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. In the parallel bars final, he won the gold with a score of 15.666. He also placed eighth at the horizontal bar final and ninth in the Individual All-Around. 2014 Lin was selected to compete at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China where he helped China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lan Xingyu
Lan Xingyu (; born 18 December 1997) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He competed in the 2019 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, winning gold medals in both the team event and the still rings event. In the 2019 FIG World Cup in Doha he won an additional individual gold in still rings. At the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Kitakyushu, Japan from October 18–24, 2021. The competition took place at the Kitakyushu City General Gymnasium. It was the third time that Japan hosted the event, following the 1995 ... he became World Champion on still rings. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lan, Xingyu 1997 births Living people Chinese male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts from Guangxi Sportspeople from Guangxi World champion gymnasts Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 21st-century Chinese people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deng Shudi
Deng Shudi (; born September 10, 1991) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He competed for the Chinese national team at the 2014 and 2015 World Championships. World Championships At the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China, Deng competed on all six apparatuses in the Men's Team Final, contributing a total score of 89.914 to the team's first-place finish. Individually, he finished sixth in the all-around with a score of 89.732 and fourth on parallel bars with a score of 15.666. In 2015, Deng competed at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow. In the team final, Deng competed on floor (14.966), rings (14.600), vault (15.233) and parallel bars (16.066), contributing to the Chinese team's third-place finish behind Japan and Great Britain. He came third in the individual all-around with a score of 90.099, which was The first medal in men's all-around at World Championships or Olympics level for China since Yang Wei won the all-around title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balance Beam
The balance beam is a rectangular artistic gymnastics apparatus and an event performed using the apparatus. Both the apparatus and the event are sometimes simply referred to as "beam". The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring is BB. The beam is a small, thin beam which is typically raised from the floor on a leg or stand at both ends. The balance beam is only performed competitively by female gymnasts. Beams are usually covered with leather-like material and are only four inches wide. Balance beams used in international gymnastics competitions must conform to the guidelines and specifications set forth by the International Gymnastics Federation ''Apparatus Norms'' brochure. Several companies manufacture and sell beams, including AAI (USA), Janssen Fritsen (Europe) and Acromat (Australia). Most gymnastics schools purchase and use balance beams that meet the FIG's standards, but some may also use beams with carpeted surfaces for practice situations. While learning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
