Zhang Chenglong (; born May 12, 1989) is a Chinese gymnast. He competed for the national team at the

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in the Men's artistic team all-around and helped win the team gold medal.

World Championships and Asian Games

At both the

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, in

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, and

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, in

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, Zhang won gold with the Chinese Team, and was able to also win gold at the

horizontal bar The horizontal bar, also known as the high bar, is an apparatus used by male gymnasts in artistic gymnastics. It traditionally consists of a cylindrical metal (typically steel) bar that is rigidly held above and parallel to the floor by a syste ...

, in both international events, and gold at the

floor exercise In gymnastics, the floor is a specially prepared exercise surface, which is considered an apparatus. It is used by both male and female gymnasts. The gymnastics event performed on the floor is called floor exercise. The English abbreviation for t ...

Zou Kai Zou Kai (; born February 25, 1988 in Luzhou, Sichuan) is a five-time Olympic and five-time World champion Chinese gymnast, specializing in floor exercise and the horizontal bar. Zou won his first three Olympic gold medals at the 2008 Olympic G ...

, the Olympic and World Champion in these events was left out of the team that year. At the

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, in

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, he again won gold in the Team competition, but couldn't retain his title on the horizontal bar, finishing second in the final to

, who recaptured his title in that event. He also tied for second on parallel bars.

Summer Olympics

At the

, Zhang helped the Chinese team win the gold medal in the Men's artistic team all-around. He also competed in event finals of horizontal bar and parallel bars but finished off the podium in both events. At the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

, he was part of the Chinese team that won bronze in the men's team event.

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* * 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Zibo Gymnasts from Shandong Chinese male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of China Olympic medalists in gymnastics Olympic gold medalists for China Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2016 Olympic bronze medalists for China Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Gymnasts at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in gymnastics Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 21st-century Chinese people {{PRChina-sport-bio-stub

World Championships and Asian Games

Summer Olympics

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