Đỗ Thị Ngân Thương

Đỗ Thị Ngân Thương (born March 10, 1989 in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese artistic gymnast. Thương is the 2005 Southeast Asian Games and 2007 Southeast Asian Games champion on the balance beam and 2007 bronze medalist on the floor exercise. Thương competed at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she did not reach any event final.

Đỗ Thị Ngân Thuơng
Full name	Đỗ Thị Ngân Thương
Country represented	Vietnam
Born	(1989-03-10) March 10, 1989 Hanoi, Vietnam
Height	4 ft 9 in (1.45 m)
Weight	43 kg (95 lb)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior
Years on national team	9
Head coach(es)	Do Thuy Giang
Assistant coach(es)	You Yanan
Choreographer	Do Thuy Giang
Medal record Artistic Gymnastics Southeast Asian Games 2003 Hanoi Team 2003 Hanoi Uneven Bars 2005 Manila Balance Beam 2005 Manila All-around 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Balance Beam 2011 Palembang Balance Beam 2011 Palembang Uneven Bars

In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Đỗ, but is often simplified to Do in English-language text. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Thương or Ngân Thương.

Thương participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she became the first gymnast to represent Vietnam in Olympic competition.[1] She competed only in the preliminary round of competition, where among 82 gymnasts, she placed 15th on vault, 51st on balance beam, 79th on uneven bars, 82nd on floor exercise and 59th overall, and did not qualify for the all-around or individual event finals.

On August 15, 2008, the International Olympic Committee announced that Thương had tested positive for the banned substance furosemide.[2] IOC medical commission chairman Arne Ljungqvist stated that Thương’s use of furosemide was likely to be accidental, and the result of receiving poor information on doping restrictions. Nonetheless, she was expelled from the Olympic Games and her athlete accreditation was revoked.[3] In 2012, she competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games and did not advance to any finals.

References

1. 22 athletes to compete at Beijing Olympics Archived August 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
2. "Two more athletes fail dope tests". BBC News. August 15, 2008.
3. "2 more athletes fail doping tests". CBC News. August 15, 2008. Do made a return to international competition, competing as a part of the three-member Vietnamese team, at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Do qualified 6th to the Women's Vault final and 11th overall to the All-Around competition. She finished 8th in the All-Around final and 7th in the Women's Vault final.

External links

• Do Thi Ngan Thuong at the International Gymnastics Federation