Qiu Qiyuan

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Qiu Qiyuan (born 24 May 2007) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. She is the 2023 World and 2023 Asian champion on the uneven bars as well as the 2024 Olympic silver medalist. Additionally she is the 2023 Asian all-around champion and is a two-time Chinese all-around champion.

Junior gymnastics career

Qiu began gymnastics when she was four years old.{{cite web |last1=Kwek |first1=Kimberly |title=China's Qiu Qiyuan, 16, grabs first Asian C'ships gold, wins individual all-around |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/china-s-qiu-qiyuan-16-grabs-first-asian-c-ships-gold-wins-individual-all-around |website=The Straits Times |access-date=8 October 2023 |date=17 June 2023}}

= Espoir =

At the 2019 Chinese Junior Championships, Qiu won the all-around bronze medal in the U-13 category. In the event finals, she won silver on the balance beam and floor exercise.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2019 Chinese Junior Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2019/06/20/2019-chinese-junior-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=18 October 2023 |date=20 June 2019}} Then at the 2019 National Youth Games, she won the silver medal in the all-around in the espoir division. Then in the event finals, she won gold on the balance beam and floor exercise and silver on the uneven bars behind Huang Zhuofan.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2019 Chinese National Youth Games Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2019/08/07/2019-chinese-national-youth-games-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=18 October 2023 |date=7 August 2019}} At the 2020 Chinese Junior Individual Championships, she finished fifth in the all-around and won bronze on the uneven bars in the U-14 category.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2020 Chinese Junior Individual Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2020/10/25/2020-chinese-junior-individual-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=18 October 2023 |date=25 October 2020}}

= Junior =

Qiu competed at the senior level Chinese Championships in 2021 and finished tenth in the all-around and seventh on the balance beam.{{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=18 October 2023 |date=15 May 2021}} Then at the National Games, she won the bronze medal on the balance beam behind Zhou Yaqin and Ou Yushan. She also finished fifth in the all-around and sixth with the Fujian provincial team.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2021 Chinese National Games Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2021/09/26/2021-chinese-national-games-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=18 October 2023 |date=26 September 2021}} At the 2022 Chinese Championships, she won the gold medal on the balance beam. She finished seventh in the all-around and fourth on the uneven bars.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2022 Chinese Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2022/09/10/2022-chinese-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=18 October 2023 |date=10 September 2022}}

Senior gymnastics career

= 2023 =

Qiu became age-eligible for senior international competition in 2023. She made her senior international debut at the Doha World Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3774588|title=Chinese champions return as World Cup action whirls into Doha|website=International Gymnastics Federation|date=28 February 2023}} She finished sixth on the uneven bars and seventh on the balance beam.{{cite web |last1=Crumlish |first1=John |title=Qiu and Oka capture all-around gold, China sweeps team titles at Asian Championships |url=https://www.intlgymnast.com/news/qiu-and-oka-capture-all-around-gold-china-sweeps-team-titles-at-asian-championships/ |website=International Gymnast Magazine |access-date=8 October 2023 |date=16 June 2023}} Then at the Baku World Cup, she won the gold medal on the uneven bars.{{cite web |title=French gymnasts, Carlos Yulo rise triumphant at Baku World Cup |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3783626 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=8 October 2023 |date=13 March 2023}} She won the Chinese national titles in the all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2023 Chinese Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2023/05/28/2023-chinese-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=18 October 2023 |date=28 May 2023}} In June, she was chosen for China's Asian Championships team along with Zhang Qingying, Zhang Xinyi, Zuo Tong, and Jia Ruoyi. The team won China's fourth-straight Asian Championships team title. Individually, Qiu won the all-around gold medal with a score of 54.932.{{cite web|url=https://results.scoreexpress.be/#/competition/SGPAGACSWAG23/category/2f1ec5b4ac98f99f4076e6335f0d210a/ranking/QUAL/OPEN|title=Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships 2023 - Women's Artistic Gymnastics

|website=ScoreExpress Results|date=10 June 2023}}

Qiu was selected to compete in Antwerp for the 2023 World Championships. The Chinese team consisted of Ou Yushan, Zhang Qingying, Zhou Yaqin, and Huang Zhuofan, with Wu Ran as the alternate. Qiu qualified for the individual all-around and uneven bar finals. Team China finished fourth in the team final behind the United States, Brazil, and France. Qiu also finished fourth in the individual all-around final behind Simone Biles, Rebeca Andrade, and Shilese Jones.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3994916|title=Brilliant Biles whirls to record sixth World All-Around title|website=International Gymnastics Federation|date=7 October 2023}} In the uneven bars final, she became World champion with a score of 15.100, slightly edging out Kaylia Nemour of Algeria.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3995133|title=Olympic champions lead the way as first apparatus titles decided in Antwerp

|website=International Gymnastics Federation|date=7 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=Andrade, Qiu, Dolgopyat, McClenaghan and Liu golden on first day of event finals at Worlds |url=https://www.intlgymnast.com/news/andrade-qiu-dolgopyat-mcclenaghan-and-liu-golden-on-first-day-of-event-finals-at-worlds/ |website=International Gymnast Magazine |access-date=8 October 2023 |date=7 October 2023}}

= 2024 =

In March Qiu competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where she helped China win as a team. Individually she placed first on the uneven bars and balance beam.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2024/03/18/2024-dtb-pokal-team-challenge-results/|title=2024 DTB Pokal Team Challenge Results|work=The Gymternet|date=March 18, 2024}} The following month she competed at the Chinese National Championships where she won her second all-around national title.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2024/04/30/2024-chinese-championships-results/|title=2024 Chinese Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=April 30, 2024}} She was selected to represent China at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Luo Huan, Ou Yushan, Zhang Yihan, Zhou Yaqin.

At the Olympic Games Qiu helped China qualify for the team final in third place. Individually she had qualified to the all-around and uneven bars finals. During the team final she contributed scores on vault, uneven bars, and balance beam towards China's sixth place finish. During the all-around final Qiu placed seventh.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2024/aug/01/simone-biles-olympic-gymnastics-womens-individual-all-around-results|title=Olympic gymnastics: Simone Biles wins all-around gold in Paris – as it happened|date=August 1, 2024|work=The Guardian}} For the uneven bars final Qiu performed an exceptional routine, earning a 15.500, her highest score of the whole competition.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/videos/qiu-qiyuan-delivers-big-time-bar-routine-take-silver|title=Qiu Qiyuan delivers big-time bar routine to take silver|work=NBC}} She won the silver medal behind Kaylia Nemour, who posted a score of 15.700.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2024/08/04/g-s1-15298/kaylia-nemour-suni-lee-gold-bronze-uneven-bars-final-paris|title=Algeria's Kaylia Nemour wins gold in Olympic uneven bars final. Suni Lee takes bronze|date=August 4, 2024|work=NPR}}

Competitive history

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rowspan="1" \|2020	align=left\|Chinese Junior Championships		5		{{bronze3}}
colspan="8" \| Junior
rowspan="2" \|2021	align=left \| Chinese Championships		10			7
align=left \| National Games	5	6			{{bronze3}}
rowspan="1" \|2022	align=left \| Chinese Championships	6	7		4	{{gold1}}
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rowspan="5" \|2023	align=left \| Doha World Cup				6	7
align=left \| Baku World Cup				{{gold1}}
align=left \| Chinese Championships		{{gold1}}		{{gold1}}	{{gold1}}
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bgcolor=#CCCCFF \| align=left \| World Championships	4	4		{{gold1}}
rowspan="3" \| 2024	align=left \| DTB Pokal Team Challenge	{{gold1}}			{{gold1}}	{{gold1}}
align=left \| Chinese Championships	{{bronze3}}	{{gold1}}		{{gold1}}	{{bronze3}}	{{bronze3}}
bgcolor=98FB98 \| align=left \| Olympic Games	6	7		{{silver2}}
rowspan="2" \| 2025 \| align=left \| Chinese Championships	4

References

Category:Living people

Category:2007 births

Category:Chinese gymnasts

Category:Chinese female artistic gymnasts

Category:21st-century Chinese sportswomen

Category:Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Category:World champion gymnasts

Category:Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic gymnasts for China