// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Sun Xiaojiao's favorite star? Sun herself.
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Sun Xiaojiao is a Chinese former artistic gymnast. She is the 2001 World balance beam bronze medalist. She is also the 2002 World Cup Final and 2001 Goodwill Games balance beam champion. She won a gold medal in the team event at the 2002 Asian Games.
Gymnastics career
[edit]Sun won the all-around bronze medal at the 1999 Canberra Cup behind Daniele Hypólito and Maria Zasypkina.[1] At the 2000 International Team Championships, she helped China win the bronze medal behind the United States and Romania.[2]
At the 2001 Paris World Cup, Sun won the balance beam gold medal and the uneven bars silver medal behind Verona van de Leur.[3] She competed at the 2001 Goodwill Games and won the gold medal on the balance beam with a score of 9.662. She also finished sixth on the uneven bars.[4] At the 2001 World Championships, she qualified for the all-around final and finished tenth. Then in the balance beam final, she won the bronze medal with a score of 9.575, behind Andreea Răducan and Ludmila Ezhova.[5] She then won a gold medal on the balance beam at the 2001 Stuttgart World Cup.[6]
Sun won the balance beam silver medal at the 2002 Li Ning Cup.[7] She helped China win the team competition at the 2002 Asian Games. She did not qualify for any of the individual finals. She finished eighth in the all-around at the 2002 Chinese Championships.[8] Then at the 2002 Glasgow World Cup, she won a bronze medal on the balance beam behind Răducan and teammate Zhang Nan.[9] At the 2002 World Cup Final, she won the balance beam title.[10] She finished fifth in the all-around at the 2002 Arthur Gander Memorial.[11]
Age discrepancies
[edit]Sun's official birth date for competition was listed as 18 December, 1984, which would make her old enough to compete as a senior in 2000. However, her age has been listed inconsistently elsewhere. A May 2000 profile by Sina Sports gave her birth date as 18 December, 1985; her current curriculum vitae states her birth date is May, 1986. A birth date in 1986 would have made her too young to compete as a senior at international competitions before 2002.[12]
Post-gymnastics career
[edit]Sun teaches courses related to gymnastics at the School of Physical Education at the Shanghai University of Sport.[12]
References
[edit]- ↑ "1999 Canberra Cup Women's AA". Gymn Forum. 10 April 2004. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ↑ "2000 International Team Championships Women". Gymn Forum. 18 January 2004. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ↑ "France Telecom 2001 Worldcup & Great Four Paris-Bercy, March 17 -18". Gym Media. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ↑ "McClure Wins Pommel Horse Bronze Medal for USA at 2001 Goodwill Games". USA Gymnastics. 29 August 2001. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ↑ "2001 World Championships - Ghent, Belgium October 27-November 5, 2001" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ↑ "Weltcup & "Great Four" 19th DTB Pokal 2001". Gym Media (in German). Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ↑ "2002 Li Ning Cup Women's EF". Gymn Forum. 21 March 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ↑ "2002 Chinese Championships Women's AA". Gymn Forum. 21 March 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ↑ "Grand Prix Glasgow 2002 World Cup 2001/2002, Artistic Gymnastics, Women 2002, October, 26 - 27". Gym Media. Archived from the original on 4 March 2003. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ↑ "Gymnastics World Cup Women: Beam". Sports123. Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ↑ "2002 Gander Memorial Women's AA". Gymn Forum. 8 February 2004. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- 1 2 "Sun Xiaojiao: A Gymnast Born in 1984, a Professor Born in 1986". Gymnastics History. 2 April 2026. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- Chinese female artistic gymnasts
- 21st-century Chinese sportswomen
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Asian Games gold medalists in gymnastics
- Gymnasts at the 2002 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Asian Games gymnasts for China
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- Gymnasts from Zhejiang
- Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
- Goodwill Games medalists in gymnastics