Chen Yibing (; born 19 December 1984 in

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) is a

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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, sh ...

, 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

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in 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2011 (no team competition in 2005 and 2009) and the Asian Games in 2006 and 2010. Since his international debut at the

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, he was almost unbeatable on his specialist event, still rings, except to his teammate Yan Mingyong 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

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. 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 Beijing Normal University, 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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