Guan Chenchen
{{short description|Chinese artistic gymnast}}
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|retired= October 28, 2022{{cite web|url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/10/28/guan-chenchen-retire-gymnastics-balance-beam-china/|title=Guan Chenchen, Olympic balance beam champion, leaves gymnastics for college|work=NBC Sports|date=October 28, 2022|access-date=November 10, 2022}}
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Guan Chenchen ({{lang-zh|c=管晨辰|p=Guǎn Chén Chén}}; born September 25, 2004) is a Chinese former artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic champion and the 2020 Chinese champion on the balance beam. On the junior level, she was a member of the Chinese team who won silver at the 2019 Junior World Championships.
Junior gymnastics career
= 2017 =
Guan competed at the Chinese Junior National Championships where she finished third amongst the 2003–04 born gymnasts and won the silver medal on the uneven bars.{{cite web|last1=Hopkins|first1=Lauren|url=https://thegymter.net/2017/06/19/2017-chinese-junior-championships-results/|title=2017 Chinese Junior Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=June 19, 2017|access-date=November 10, 2022}}
= 2018 =
Guan competed at the senior-level Chinese Championships and tied for the silver medal on the balance beam with Chen Yile. She also won a bronze medal with the Zhejiang team and placed seventh in the all-around and floor exercise.{{Cite web|last1=Hopkins|first1=Lauren|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/05/09/2018-chinese-championships-results/|title = 2018 Chinese Championships Results|date =May 9, 2018|access-date=November 10, 2022|website=The Gymternet}} Then in June, she competed at the Chinese Junior National Championships where she won the all-around gold medal in the 14 and under division. During the event finals, she placed fourth on the uneven bars, won gold on the balance beam, and won silver on the floor exercise behind Wei Xiaoyuan.{{cite web|last1=Hopkins|first1=Lauren|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/06/19/2018-chinese-junior-championships-results/|title=2018 Chinese Junior Championships Results|date=June 19, 2018|work=The Gymternet|access-date=November 10, 2022}}
= 2019 =
Guan made her international debut at the City of Jesolo Trophy where she placed ninth in the all-around and sixth on the vault and floor exercise.{{cite web |title=XII International Trophy City of Jesolo - Finals |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/w_19jesolo_jrevents.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=November 10, 2022 |language=it |date=March 3, 2019}} In May, she competed at the Chinese Championships where she placed eighth in the all-around and won a bronze medal with the Zhejiang team.{{cite web|last1=Hopkins|first1=Lauren|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/05/16/2019-chinese-championships-results/|title=2019 Chinese Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=May 16, 2019|access-date=November 10, 2022}} She was then selected to represent China at the inaugural Junior World Championships alongside Ou Yushan and Wei Xiaoyuan. The team won the silver medal, behind Russia and ahead of the United States.{{cite web |title=1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships Gyor (HUN), 27 June - 30 June 2019 Women's Team Final Ranking |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/w_19jrworlds_team.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=November 10, 2022 |date=June 28, 2019 |archive-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515141513/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/w_19jrworlds_team.pdf |url-status=dead }} Individually, Guan finished sixth in the vault final.{{cite web |title=1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships Gyor (HUN), 27 June - 30 June 2019 Women's Vault Final |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/w_19jrworlds_events.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=November 10, 2022 |date=June 29, 2019 |archive-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515141534/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/w_19jrworlds_events.pdf |url-status=dead }} 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 Yushan.{{cite web|last1=Hopkins|first1=Lauren|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/08/07/2019-chinese-national-youth-games-results/|title=2019 Chinese National Youth Games Results|date=August 7, 2019|work=The Gymternet|access-date=November 10, 2022}}
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| image1 = 2019-06-28 1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics JWCH Women's All-around competition Subdivision 5 Balance beam (Martin Rulsch) 143.jpg
| caption1 = Team / All-Around Final
| image2 = 2019-06-28 1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics JWCH Women's All-around competition Subdivision 5 Floor exercise (Martin Rulsch) 233.jpg
| caption2 = Team / All-Around Final
| image3 = 2019-06-29 1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics JWCH Women's Apparatus finals Vault (Martin Rulsch) 202.jpg
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Senior gymnastics career
= 2020 =
In September, Guan made her senior debut at the Chinese Championships representing the Zhejiang provincial team. She led the team to win bronze in the team competition and individually qualified for 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 for 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.{{Cite web|last1=Hopkins|first1=Lauren|date=September 26, 2020|title=Liu Leads Going Into All-Around Final|url=https://thegymter.net/2020/09/26/liu-leads-going-into-all-around-final/|access-date=September 28, 2020|website=The Gymternet}} During the all-around final, she made multiple mistakes on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise and ended the competition in sixth place.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/artistic-gymnastics-liu-tingting-retains-chinese-all-around-title/|title=Liu Tingting retains Chinese all-around title|work=Olympic Channel|date=September 26, 2020|last1=Jiwani|first1=Rory|access-date=November 10, 2022}} During the balance beam final, she won the gold medal ahead of Wei and Liu with a score of 14.933, and she placed eighth in the floor exercise final.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2020 Chinese Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2020/09/29/2020-chinese-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=November 10, 2022 |date=September 29, 2020}}
= 2021 =
Guan began the season at the Chinese Championships where she won a bronze medal with the Zhejiang team. Individually, she placed ninth in the all-around final and sixth in the balance beam final.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2021 Chinese Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2021/05/15/2021-chinese-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=November 10, 2022 |date=May 15, 2021}} In June, she competed at the 1st Chinese Olympic Trials and won the silver medal on the balance beam behind Ou Yushan with a score of 15.133.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2021 1st Chinese Olympic Trials Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2021/06/19/2021-1st-chinese-olympic-trials-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=November 10, 2022 |date=June 19, 2021}} Then at the 2nd Chinese Olympic Trials, she won the gold medal on the balance beam with a score of 15.366.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2021 2nd Chinese Olympic Trials Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2021/07/07/2021-2nd-chinese-olympic-trials-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=November 10, 2022 |date=July 7, 2022}} She was then selected to represent China at the 2020 Summer Olympics for one of China's two individual spots.{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/sports/2021-07/03/c_1127620401.htm|title=步步为赢——中国体操队东京奥运会大名单诞生记|trans-title=Step-by-step to win – the creation of the Chinese gymnastics squad for the Tokyo Olympics|lang=zh|first1=Yuchen|last1=Lu|first2=Nan|last2=Shen|first3=Mengtong|last3=Niu|website=Xinhua|date=July 3, 2021|access-date=November 10, 2022}}
At the Olympic Games, Guan only competed on the balance beam during qualifications and qualified first into the final with a score of 14.933. On August 3, Guan competed in the balance beam final as the youngest competitor and won the gold medal with a total score of 14.633 ahead of teammate Tang Xijing and American Simone Biles.{{cite web |last1=Macur |first1=Juliet |title=Guan Chenchen of China wins gold. Biles takes bronze. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/sports/olympics/guan-chenchen-simone-biles-beam-gold-bronze.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=November 10, 2022 |date=August 3, 2021}} She became the third Chinese gymnast to win the Olympic gold medal on the balance beam after Liu Xuan in 2000 and Deng Linlin in 2012.{{Cite web|first1=George |last1=Ramsay|title=Guan Chenchen wins balance beam gold at the Tokyo Olympics as Simone Biles claims bronze|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/03/sport/simone-biles-guan-chenchen-balance-beam-tokyo-olympics-spt-intl/index.html|access-date=August 3, 2021|date=August 3, 2021|website=CNN}}
After the Olympics, Guan competed at the Chinese National Games but fell in the balance beam final and placed fifth with a score of 13.920.{{cite web |title=Olympic gold-winning gymnast Guan falters at National Games |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202109/27/WS615127a0a310cdd39bc6bc5f.html |website=China Daily |access-date=10 November 2022 |date=27 September 2021}}
= 2022 =
In October 2022, a representative of the Chinese Gymnastics Federation revealed that Guan had retired from gymnastics to focus on her studies at Zhejiang University.
Competitive history
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! align=center|Event ! style="width:30px;"|Team ! style="width:30px;"|AA ! style="width:30px;"|VT ! style="width:30px;"|UB ! style="width:30px;"|BB ! style="width:30px;"|FX | |||||||
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| colspan="8" | Junior | |||||||
| rowspan="1" | 2017 | align=left | Junior Chinese Championships | {{bronze3}} | {{silver2}} | ||||
| rowspan=2" | 2018 | align=left | Chinese Championships | {{bronze3}} | 7 | {{silver2}} | {{bronze3}} | ||
| align=left|Junior Chinese Championships | {{gold1}} | 4 | {{gold1}} | {{silver2}} | |||
| rowspan="4" |2019 | align=left|City of Jesolo Trophy | 9 | 6 | 6 | |||
| align=left | Chinese Championships | {{bronze3}} | 8 | |||||
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| align=left | Junior World Championships | {{silver2}} | 6 | |||||
| align=left | National Youth Games | {{silver2}} | 4 | {{gold1}} | 6 | {{silver2}} | ||
| colspan="8" | Senior | |||||||
| rowspan="1" | 2020 | align=left | Chinese Championships | {{bronze3}} | 6 | {{gold1}} | 8 | ||
| rowspan="3" | 2021 | align = left| Chinese Championships | {{bronze3}} | 9 | 6 | |||
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| align=left | Olympic Games | {{gold1}} | ||||||
| align=left | National Games | 4 | 5 |
References
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External links
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Category:Olympic gold medalists for China
Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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