Chen Yibing (; born 19 December 1984 in

Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popu ...

) is a Chinese

gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, s ...

, a four-time world champion on still rings. Chen was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the

World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The Artistic Gymnastics World Championships are the world championships for artistic gymnastics governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). The first edition of the championships was held in 1903, exclusively for male gymna ...

in 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2011 (no team competition in 2005 and 2009) and the

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in 2006 and 2010. Since his international debut at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, he was almost unbeatable on his specialist event, still rings, except to his teammate

Yan Mingyong Yan Mingyong (; born 24 March 1985) is a retired Chinese artistic gymnast. He competed at the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in London and won gold, becoming world champion on the still rings event. The following year he returned ...

in 2009 and the

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ian Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He became the 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2011 world champions on still rings. Chinese gymnastics head coach Huang Yubin questioned Chen's position at the 2012 Summer Olympics, He was quoted as saying that "because of the ugly behaviors of the judges, it has hurt Chinese Gymnast, as well as being a humiliation to this event." According to Xinhua News, Huang also called the night a "dark night in the history of gymnastics". H. Chen was also a member of the 2008 Beijing Olympics team and won gold for China in men's team gymnastics as well as gold on the Rings. His still rings performance was described as 'perfect' and 'textbook-worthy', highly acclaimed for its precision and high level of difficulty. He is a student at the

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, the present captain of the men's Chinese gymnastic team and currently has 8 world titles and 3 Olympics gold medals.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Yibing 1984 births Living people Chinese male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic gymnasts of China Gymnasts from Tianjin World champion gymnasts Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic medalists in gymnastics Beijing Normal University alumni Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 2006 Asian Games Gymnasts at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Universiade medalists in gymnastics Universiade gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade 21st-century Chinese people

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