Dai Yongjun (born 10 December 1984) is a Chinese retired
rhythmic gymnast
Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coordi ...
.
Career
Yongjun took up rhythmic gymnastics in 1992 in
Liaoning
Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...
. In 1996, she was selected into the Liaoning Provincial Rhythmic Gymnastics team. From 1999 to 2003 she won several medals at the
Chinese National Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.
In 2003 she was selected for the
World Championships in
Budapest as a member of the national group, they finished in 7th place in the All-Around (getting a ticket for the following year's Olympics) and took 4th place in the 5 ribbons' final.
In 2004 she represented China in the rhythmic gymnastics' group event at the
2004 Olympic Games
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
in
Athens along
Hu Mei,
Li Jia,
Lu Yingna,
Lü Yuanyang and
Zhang Shuo. They were 5th in qualification and 6th in the final.
She retired after the Games, choosing to work as a coach in
Dalian
Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on the ...
. She also got married and had two daughters who also compete in rhythmic gymnastics.
References
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Living people
1984 births
Chinese rhythmic gymnasts
Olympic gymnasts for China
Gymnasts from Liaoning
Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics
20th-century Chinese women
21st-century Chinese women