Here is all you need to know about Chinese gymnast Qiu Qiyuan including her age, career, bio and more
A young gymnast is making rounds on the internet following her potential. Sixteen-year-old Chinese gymnast from the Fujian province made waves at the Chinese National Championships in 2024, setting herself up for an Olympic gold medal.
She advanced through the ranks to win the uneven bars title at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. Meanwhile, her game-changing move; a double D-level difficulty that actually caught the attention of the gymnastics community; made her a beloved competitor in Paris.
Who is Chinese gymnast Qiu Qiyuan, bio, age, nationality, medals, career achievements and stats
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Qiu Qiyuan taking the record for most difficult routine and highest score across all apparatuses this quad. Oh don’t end Rebeca and Simone like that!
— The Andrade (@yourboygon) April 28, 2024
She has demonstrated her dominance on the apparatus with uneven bars and here is all you need to know about the young gymnast about who, everyone is talking about.
Who is Qiu Qiyuan?
Qiu Qiyuan is a Chinese artistic gymnast who was born on May 24, 2007 in Fujian, China. The young rising star is just 16 years old and is already asking waves.
A look at Qiu Qiyuan’s career
Qiu Qiyuan started getting into gymnastics ever since she was very young although she is still very young. She started performing it when she was four years old.
She is the 2023 Asian and Chinese all-around champion, the 2023 World, Asian, and Chinese champion on the uneven bars, and the 2023 Chinese champion on the balancing beam. Qiu won the bronze medal in the U-13 division’s all-around competition at the 2019 Chinese Junior Championships.
She later earned the silver medal in the espoir division’s all-around competition at the 2019 National Youth Games. In the event finals, she went on to win gold on the balance beam and floor exercise, and silver on the uneven bars behind Huang Zhuofan.
She took home the gold on the balance beam at the Chinese Championships in 2022. In the overall, she placed seventh, and on the uneven bars, she placed fourth.
Talking about her junior career, in 2022, she won the gold medal in the balance beam competition held in China. She came in seventh place overall and fourth on the uneven bars. Qiu became old enough to compete in senior international events in 2023. She made her senior national team debut at the World Cup in Doha.
Her world championships achievements include gold at the 2023 Antwerp (Uneven bars) and her gold medals in Asian Championships include 2023 Singapore (Team), 2023 Singapore (All-around), 2023 Singapore (Uneven bars).