Xiao Sha
{{Short description|Chinese gymnast}}
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|fullname= 肖莎 (Xiao Sha)
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|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1992|6|15}}
|birth_place= Rongjiang, Guizhou
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|height= 140 cm
|discipline= WAG
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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships }}
{{MedalSilver|2007 Stuttgart| Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pacific Rim Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2006 Honolulu|Team}}
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Xiao Sha ({{zh|c=肖莎|p=Xiāo Shā}}, born 15 June 1992) is a retired Chinese gymnast. She won a silver medal with the Chinese team at the 2007 World Championships.
Gymnastics career
Xiao Sha started training in gymnastics at age 6. She medaled at the Chinese national championships, including gold for all-round in 2006, silver for all-round in 2007, gold for balance beam in 2008 and gold for all-round and balance beam in 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/star/xiao_sha/|title=体育之星 > 体操 > 肖莎|publisher=Sina|access-date=2009-11-20}} She was also the leading gymnast for the Guizhou team, competing on all four apparatus in the team events. At the 11th Chinese national games in 2009, Xiao came 7th in all-round, 8th on balance beam and 5th on floor, while the Guizhou team she led came 7th.{{Cite web|url=http://result.11th-games.org.cn/zh-cn/Sport_Info_cn.aspx?xm=GY&dmm=0&ddd=0|title=Competition Results: Gymnastics|publisher=Chinese 11th National Games|access-date=2009-11-20}}
At the international level, Xiao was part of the Chinese team at the 2007 World Championships, where China won silver. She came 7th in the all-round final.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2007/worldw.html|title=40th World Championships - Women's Finals|publisher=Gymnastics Results|access-date=2009-11-20}} In 2008, she won gold on balance beam and bronze on floor at the Cottbus World Cup, and repeated those results at the Ostrava World Cup later that year.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2008/tdmcottbusw.html|title=32nd Turnier der Meister 2008 - Women's Finals|publisher=Gymnastics Results|access-date=2009-11-20}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2008/ostravaw.html|title=Grand Prix Ostrava World Cup 2008 - Women's Finals|publisher=Gymnastics Results|access-date=2009-11-20}}
She announced her retirement in December 2009.
Routines
- Bars-Clear hip, Ray, Ling, Piked Jaeger, Pak salto, Toe on shoot to HB, Healy, Straddled Jaeger, Double layout full{{cite web|last=Xiao|first=Sha|title=Bars|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZfQA0fVrSs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/NZfQA0fVrSs |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}
- Beam-Front aerial to the side of the beam, two flics to a layout, full turn with leg at horizontal, front aerial to flic to layout step-out, front tuck, split jump, sheep jump, back tuck, switch ring, switch split, round off, double pike back.{{cite web|last=Xiao|first=Sha|title=Beam routine|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cdBsG9RJ8g |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/7cdBsG9RJ8g |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}
- Floor- Piked full twisting double back, 1 1/2 twist to front full, switch split, switch split 1/2, Memmel, 2 1/2 twist, double turn w/ leg at horizontal, double pike back{{cite web|last=Xiao|first=Sha|title=Floor|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Qy2wukg7E |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/Z3Qy2wukg7E |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}
Competitive history
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| Year
! Competition Description ! Location ! Apparatus ! Rank-Final ! Score-Final ! Rank-Qualifying ! Score-Qualifying |
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| rowspan="2" | 2007
| rowspan="2" | World Championships | rowspan="2" | Stuttgart | Team | bgcolor="silver" | 2 | 183.450 | 2 | 241.175 |
| All-Round
| 7 | 59.600 | 12 | 58.425 |
| rowspan="6" | 2008
| rowspan="6" | World Cup | rowspan="2" | Cottbus | Balance Beam | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | 16.125 | 4 | 14.925 |
| Floor Exercise
| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3 | 14.500 | 3 | 14.275 |
| rowspan="1" | Tianjin
| Balance Beam | 4 | 15.425 | 1 | 16.300 |
| rowspan="3" | Ostrava
| Uneven Bars | 7 | 12.200 | 4 | 13.650 |
| Balance Beam
| bgcolor="gold" | 1 | 15.650 | 1 | 16.000 |
| Floor Exercise
| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3 | 13.850 | 4 | 12.850 |
References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
- {{FIG|bio=23087|lic=6378|name=XIAO Sha}}
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Category:Chinese female artistic gymnasts
Category:21st-century Chinese sportswomen
Category:Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Category:Gymnasts from Guizhou