Xing Aowei (; born February 15, 1982, in

Yantai Yantai, Postal Map Romanization, formerly romanization of Chinese, known as Chefoo, is a coastal prefecture-level city on the Shandong Peninsula in northeastern Shandong province of People's Republic of China. Lying on the southern coast of ...

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

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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 ...

. Xing was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the

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. He was also a part of the 2004 Olympic team in Athens, but placed fifth after his mistake on floor plus two falls (and another major mistake) from his teammate

Teng Haibin Teng Haibin (; born January 2, 1985, in Beijing) is a male Chinese gymnast. He is a Two Time World Champion as well as an Olympic gold medalist on the pommel horse. He cost his team a medal at the 2004 Olympics with multiple falls on every appar ...

Major performances

*1998 Asian Games - 1st team & pommel horse, 3rd horizontal bar *1998 National Championships - 1st pommel horse *1998 World Middle School Students Games - 1st all-around, floor exercise, pommel horse, parallel bars & horizontal bar *1999 National Championships - 1st pommel horse, 2nd floor exercise *1999 World Cup Series - 1st pommel horse *1999 National Champions Tournament - 2nd pommel horse *1999 World Championships - 1st team, 3rd floor exercise *2000 National Championships - 1st all-around, floor exercise & pommel horse, 2nd parallel bars *2000 Sydney Olympic Games - 1st team *2000 World Cup Grand Finals - 3rd pommel horse *2001 East Asian Games - 1st team, vaulting horse & horizontal bar *2001 National Championships - 1st horizontal bar *2002 Asian Games - 1st team *2004 Athens Olympics - 5th team

References

- China Daily Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 1982 births Living people Chinese male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2000 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic gymnasts for China Sportspeople from Yantai Olympic medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts from Shandong Asian Games medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 21st-century Chinese people {{PRChina-Olympic-medalist-stub