Huang Qiushuang

Huang Qiushuang (Chinese: 黄秋爽; pinyin: Huáng Qiūshuăng), born on 28 May 1992, is a Chinese gymnast.[1] She is an individual all-arounder known for her clean form and artistry.[2] She was a part of the Chinese team for the London 2012 Olympic Games.[3]

Huang Qiushuang
Personal information
Full name	黄秋爽 (Huang Qiushuang)
Country represented	China
Born	(1992-05-28) May 28, 1992 Xiangfan, Hubei
Height	154 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior
Head coach(es)	Lu Shanzhen
Music	Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean
Eponymous skills	stalder forward in L-grip with full turn to handstand, initiated on one arm before handstand (uneven bars)
Retired	2013
Medal record Representing  China World Championships 2010 Rotterdam Team 2011 Tokyo Team 2011 Tokyo Uneven Bars Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team 2010 Guangzhou Vault 2010 Guangzhou All-Around 2010 Guangzhou Uneven Bars Pacific Rim Championships 2010 Melbourne Uneven Bars 2008 San Jose Balance beam 2010 Melbourne Team 2008 San Jose Team National Games 2009 Jinan Team

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Huang.

Gymnastics career

Huang started gymnastics training at the age of 5. In junior competition during 2005 and 2006, Huang won championship titles at the Chinese national level in vault, uneven bars, balance beam, all-around, and with her team. Huang represented the province of Guangdong in national level competition. At the 2008 national championships, she obtained gold with the team. At the 2009 national championships, she obtained silver in the all-around, bronze on the floor, and bronze with the team.[4]

At the international level, Huang represented China at the 2009 Japan Cup in July 2009. She won gold in the individual all-around ahead of Russian soon-to be stars Aliya Mustafina and Tatiana Nabieva, and gold in the team event with teammates He Kexin, Xiao Sha and Zhang Jing.[5]

At the 11th Chinese national games in September 2009, Huang participated as part of the Guangdong team, despite a lower leg injury.[6] She received a silver in the team event, where Guangdong was narrowly defeated by 0.125 points by the Shanghai team led by Sui Lu.[7] In the individual events, Huang qualified first in the all-around, second on the floor and third on the uneven bars. However, she did not earn any medals on floor (6th) and in the all-around (5th) due to errors, or on the uneven bars, having forfeited her uneven bars finals position to Guangdong teammate Wu Liufang.[8]

Huang did not attend the 2009 World Championships in London because of her injury.[6]

She participated in the 2010 Doha World Cup, where she won gold on uneven bars and silver on floor.[9][10]

At the 2010 World Championships, Huang won a bronze medal with the team and came fourth in the all-around. She qualified in second for the uneven bars final, but came sixth due to a fall.[11]

At the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, Huang won gold medals with the team and on vault, and silver medals in the all-round and on uneven bars.[12]

At the 2011 World Championships, Huang won a bronze medal with the team and came fifth in the all-around. She also won her first individual World Championships medal on uneven bars by coming third in the event final.

At the 2012 Olympic Games, Huang was seventh on uneven bars in qualification, but did not qualify due to the two-per-country rule. She qualified in 10th place to the AA final. In the finals, she helped the Chinese team to a fourth-place finish. During the floor competition in the team final she fell on her 2.5 punch front scoring below a 13 and placed seventh in the all-around final.[13] She retired shortly after the London Olympics.

Competitive history

Year	Competition Description	Location	Apparatus	Rank-Final	Score-Final	Rank-Qualifying	Score-Qualifying
2012	Olympic Games	London	Team	4	174.430	3	176.637
			All-Round	7	58.115	10	57.707
			Uneven Bars			7	15.266
			Balance Beam			28	13.866
			Floor			38	13.575
2011	World Championships	Tokyo	Team	3	172.820	3	230.370
			All-Round	5	57.432	7	56.932
			Uneven Bars	3	14.833	4	14.900
			Balance Beam			8	14.666
			Floor			87	12.766
2010	Asian Games	Guangzhou	Team	1	234.150	-	-
			All-Round	2	58.050	1	59.000
			Vault	1	14.787	1	14.900
			Uneven Bars	2	15.825	2	15.850
			Floor	5	12.975	2	13.900
	World Championships	Rotterdam	Team	3	174.781	2	233.778
			All-Round	4	58.366	5	58.065
			Uneven Bars	6	14.400	2	15.666
	World Cup	Doha	Uneven Bars	1	15.025	1	15.250
			Balance Beam	7	12.600	4	13.325
			Floor	2	13.850	1	13.575

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References

1. "FIG Gymnasts Profiles". FIG. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
2. "QQ sports article (Chinese)". QQ Sports. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
3. "黄秋爽是未来的"全能公主"？". IDoICan. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
4. "Baidu - Huang Qiushuang". Baidu. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
5. "Japan and China win first Japan Cup". Japan Gymnastics Association. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
6. "QQ sports article (Chinese)". QQ Sports. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
7. "11th Chinese National Games - Women's team event results". 11th National Games of the Congo. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
8. "Sina sports article (Chinese)". Sina. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
9. "Doha 2010 Finals Results". FIG. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
10. "Doha 2010 Finals Results (day 2)". FIG. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
11. "Rotterdam 2010 Results". FIG. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
12. "2010 Guangzhou asian games - Gymnastics results". Retrieved 2010-11-18.
13. http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/gymnastics-artistic/individual-all-round-w?event=31562
14. "Doha 2010 Qualification Results" (PDF). FIG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
15. "Doha 2010 Women's Finals". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 2010-03-25.