Cha Yong-hwa

Cha Yong-Hwa is a North Korean artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2007 World Championships, and represented North Korea at the 2008 Olympic Games, replacing Hong Su-Jong.

Cha Yong-Hwa
Full nameCha Yong-Hwa
Country represented North Korea
Bornunknown[1]
Pyongyang, North Korea
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International
ClubPyongyang Sports Club
Head coach(es)Ri Chol-Su
Assistant coach(es)Song Kui-Nam
ChoreographerSong Kui-Nam
Medal record
Women's gymnastics
Representing  North Korea
Asian Games
Disqualified 2006 Doha Team
Disqualified 2006 Doha Uneven bars
Asian Gymnastics Championships
Disqualified 2008 DohaUneven Bars
Summer Universiade
Disqualified 2009 BelgradeUneven Bars
Disqualified 2009 BelgradeTeam
Cha Yong-hwa
Chosŏn'gŭl
차영화
Revised RomanizationCha Yeonghwa
McCune–ReischauerCh'a Yŏnghwa
In this Korean name, the family name is Cha.

At the 2006 Asian Games, Cha received a silver medal with the North Korean team and an individual bronze medal on the uneven bars. At the 2008 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, she won a silver medal on the uneven bars.

At the 2008 Olympics, Cha competed on two events, uneven bars and balance beam, in the preliminary round of competition. On bars, she scored a 15.175, which left her 12th out of all competitors in the meet, and qualified her as the third reserve for the bars event final.[2]

In 2009, Cha competed at the Summer Universiade in Belgrade, winning a bronze medal with the team and a silver medal on the uneven bars. Later in the year, she competed at the World Championships, where she qualified to the uneven bars final and finished in fifth place.

Cha's birth date had been listed as 8 January 1990, but in 2014 the FIG took disciplinary action after discovering that Cha's passport had been modified and her age falsified.[1] Her individual results since August 2006, and the results of any team she was part of, have been nullified.[1]

References
  1. "Disciplinary decisions- the FIG takes action". FIG-gymnastics.com. 17 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29.
  2. "Team qualifying round apparatus scores". NBC Olympics. 2008-08-10. Archived from the original on 2008-08-17. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
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