Wei Xiaoyuan

Wei Xiaoyuan (Chinese: 韦筱圆, born August 25, 2004) is a Chinese artistic gymnast.[1] She is a three-time Junior World Championships medalist (two-time silver and one-time bronze medalist).[2]

Wei Xiaoyuan
Personal information
Country represented China
Born (2004-08-25) August 25, 2004
Guangxi, China
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
ClubShanxi Province
Head coach(es)Lu Le, Wang Liming, Xu Jinglei

Career

Junior

2018

In February Wei competed at the WOGA Classic in the United States where she placed thirteenth in the all-around but recorded the third highest score on balance beam.[3] In April she competed at the 2018 City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy where she placed seventh on the balance beam and helped China place fifth in the team competition.[4] The following month Wei competed at the Chinese Championships where she placed fourteenth in the all-around and her team placed eleventh.[5] In June Wei competed at the Chinese Junior National Championships where she finished second in the 14 and under division behind Guan Chenchen. During event finals she won silver on uneven bars behind Wang Jingying, finished seventh on balance beam, but won gold on floor exercise.[6]

2019

In March Wei competed at the 2019 City of Jesolo Trophy where she placed fifth in the all-around, on balance beam, and on floor exercise and placed seventh on uneven bars.[7] In May she competed at the Chinese Championships where she placed tenth in the all-around.[8] Wei was later selected to represent China at the inaugural Junior World Championships alongside Ou Yushan and Guan Chenchen. While there she helped China finish second in team final, behind Russia and ahead of the United States. Individually Wei finished sixth in the all-around but won silver on balance beam and bronze on uneven bars.[9] She finished the season competing at the Chinese National Youth Games where she won gold in the all-around and on uneven bars, silver on floor exercise behind Ou, bronze in the team final, and she finished seventh on balance beam.[10]

Team / All-Around Final
Uneven Bars Final
Balance Beam Final

Senior

2020

In late January it was announced that Wei would make her senior debut at the Stuttgart World Cup taking place in March.[11] She was replaced by Zhou Ruiyu; however the Stuttgart World Cup was later canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Germany.[12]

Competitive history

Junior

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2018WOGA Classic13
City of Jesolo Trophy57
Chinese Championships14
Junior National Championships7
2019City of Jesolo Trophy5755
Chinese Championships10
Junior World Championships6
National Youth Games7
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References

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