Zhong Ling (born October 30, 1983 in

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

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) is one of China's most successful individual rhythmic gymnasts.

Career

She started rhythmic gymnastics in 1991 and her first international event was in 1995. She trains at the

Beijing Sports University Beijing Sport University (BSU) (), formerly known as "Central Institute of Physical Education" () and "Beijing Institute of Physical Education" (), is a nation-level public university located in Beijing, China. It is one of the National Key Univ ...

. Zhong had her highest placement finishing 9th in All-around at the 2001 World Championships in

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, Spain. She competed at the

2004 Athens Olympics 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), ...

where she finished 15th in All-around. An annual Zhong Ling Cup is held in China.

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* * 1983 births Living people Chinese rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of China Gymnasts from Guangxi Asian Games medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Universiade medalists in gymnastics Universiade silver medalists for China 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub