Xu Zhiqiang ( Chinese: 许志强) (born 4 March 1963) is a former male Chinese gymnast. Xu was born in

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. He joined the

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in 1973, and enrolled in the army's gymnastics team. Later Xu was admitted into Chinese national team. Xu competed at 1984 Olympic Games, and helped China win a silver medal in men's gymnastics team competition. He also competed at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

, but did not win a medal.

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1963 births Chinese male artistic gymnasts Olympic silver medalists for China Living people Olympic medalists in gymnastics Asian Games medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 1986 Asian Games Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Olympic gymnasts for China Gymnasts at the 1984 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1988 Summer Olympics Gymnasts from Guangzhou Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics 20th-century Chinese people {{PRChina-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub