Guan Chenchen

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Guan.
Guan Chenchen
管晨辰
— Gymnast —
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Personal information
Country represented  China
Born (2004-09-25) September 25, 2004 (age 19)
Jingzhou, Hubei, China
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team 2018–Present (CHN)
Club Zhejiang Province
Head coach(es) Wang Qunce
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  China
Olympic Games
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Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Balance Beam
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Győr Team

Guan Chenchen (Chinese: {{{1}}}; born September 25, 2004) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic champion and the 2020 Chinese national champion on balance beam. On the junior level, she was a member of the Chinese team who won silver at the inaugural Junior World Championships.[1]

Career

Junior

2017

Guan competed at the Chinese Junior National Championships where she finished third amongst the 2003–04 born gymnasts.[2]

2018

In 2018 Guan competed at the Chinese Championships where she placed seventh in the all-around, second on balance beam, seventh on floor exercise, and her team placed third.[3] In June she competed at the Chinese Junior National Championships where she finished first in the 14 and under division. During event finals she placed fourth on uneven bars, won gold on balance beam, and won silver on floor exercise.[4]

2019

In March Guan competed at the 2019 City of Jesolo Trophy where she placed ninth in the all-around and sixth on vault and floor exercise.[5] In May she competed at the Chinese Championships where she placed eighth in the all-around.[6] Guan was later selected to represent China at the inaugural Junior World Championships alongside Ou Yushan and Wei Xiaoyuan. While there she helped China finish second in team final, behind Russia and ahead of the United States. Individually Guan finished sixth in the vault final.[7] She finished the season competing at the Chinese National Youth Games where she finished fourth in the all-around, first on vault, sixth on uneven bars, and second on balance beam behind Ou.[8]

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Team / All-Around Final
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Team / All-Around Final
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Vault Final
Guan at the 2019 Junior World Championships

Senior

2020

In September Guan made her senior debut at the Chinese National Championships representing the Zhejiang provincial team. She led the team to win bronze in the team competition and individually qualified to the all-around final in second place behind reigning national champion Liu Tingting with a score of 55.900. She also qualified in first place to the balance beam final by a wide margin over reigning Junior World silver medalist Wei Xiaoyuan and reigning World silver medalist Liu. Her credited difficulty score of 7.0 was the highest of the 2017-2020 quad to that point.[9] During the all-around final she suffered multiple mishaps on uneven bars, beam, and floor and ended the competition in sixth place.[10] During the balance beam final she won gold with a secure routine ahead of Wei and Liu, and she placed eighth in the floor exercise final with a clean routine.[11]

2021

Guan was selected to represent China at the 2020 Summer Olympics as the youngest gymnast of the Chinese team, two months shy of being 17. At the Olympic Games she only competed on the balance beam during qualifications, where she posted the highest score, 14.933, and qualified first into the final.

On 3 August 2021, Guan won the gold medal in balance beam at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with the highest difficulty score of 6.6, and a total score of 14.633,[12] being the third Chinese gymnast to win the gold medal in this competition after Liu Xuan and Deng Linlin.[13]

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2017 Junior National Championships 3rd 2nd
2018 Chinese Championships 3rd 7 2nd 3rd
Junior National Championships 1st 4 1st 2nd
2019 City of Jesolo Trophy 9 6 6
Chinese Championships 3rd 8
Junior World Championships 2nd 6
National Youth Games 2nd 4 1st 6 2nd
Senior
2020 National Championships 3rd 6 1st 8
2021 National Championships 3rd 9 6
Olympic Games 1st
National Games 4 5

References

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