Huang Liping (, born January 1972 in
Wuhan
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,
Hubei
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,
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) is a
gymnastics
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magistrate
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and former
Chinese
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gymnast.
Competitive career
Huang started as an amateur in 1978, joining the
Hubei
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team in 1985, and was selected to China's national gymnastics team the following year. He won gold medals in the team all-around, individual all-around,
high bar
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and
parallel bars
Parallel bars are floor apparatus consisting of two wooden bars slightly over long and positioned at roughly head height. Parallel bars are used in artistic gymnastics and also for physical therapy and home exercise. Gymnasts may optionally we ...
at the 1993 National Gymnastics Games, and went on to win several medals at the
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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. At the
1996 Summer Olympics
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in
Atlanta
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, he won a silver medal with the Chinese team and finished sixth on the parallel bars.
Retirement
Retiring after the 1996 games, Huang became the youngest world-class gymnastics magistrate in China. In 1998, he was named the Chinese national gymnastics coach, replacing
Li Ning
Li Ning (born March 10, 1963 in Liuzhou, Guangxi) is a Chinese retired gymnast, billionaire entrepreneur, and the founder of the eponymous sportswear company Li-Ning.
Gymnastics career
Li started training at the age of eight and was select ...
in that position.
Beijing 2008
At the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, Huang took the
Olympic Oath
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for judges at the
Beijing National Stadium
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during the
Opening Ceremonies
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References
* Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Gymnastics (Men)". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition''. London: Aurum Press, Limited. pp. 682, 699.
External links
Huan Liping(Parallel bars)
1972 births
Living people
Chinese male artistic gymnasts
Gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic gymnasts for China
Olympic medalists in gymnastics
Olympic officials
Sportspeople from Wuhan
Asian Games medalists in gymnastics
Gymnasts at the 1994 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Asian Games silver medalists for China
Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Olympic silver medalists for China
Oath takers at the Olympic Games
Gymnasts from Hubei
20th-century Chinese people
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