Wei Xiaoyuan

Wei Xiaoyuan (Chinese: 韦筱圆, born August 25, 2004) is a Chinese artistic gymnast.[1] She is the 2020 Chinese national all-around and balance beam silver medalist. On the junior level, she is a three-time Junior World Championships medalist and the 2019 National Youth Games all-around champion.[2]

Wei Xiaoyuan
魏晓媛
Personal information
Country represented China
Born (2004-08-25) August 25, 2004
Guangxi, China
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team2018–Present (CHN)
ClubShanxi Province
Head coach(es)Lu Le, Wang Liming, Xu Jinglei
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  China
Junior World Championships
2019 GyörTeam
2019 GyőrBalance Beam
2019 GyőrUneven Bars
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wei.

Career

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 senior-level Chinese Championships representing the Guangxi province. 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, and 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 and won two medals in the event finals: silver on balance beam behind Elena Gerasimova and bronze on uneven bars behind Vladislava Urazova and Viktoria Listunova.[9]

Team / All-Around Final
Uneven Bars Final
Balance Beam Final
Wei at the 2019 Junior World Championships

She finished the season competing at the National Youth Games where she won gold in the all-around and on uneven bars ahead of Ou Yushan, silver on floor exercise behind Ou, and bronze in the team final, and she finished seventh on balance beam.[10]

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]

In September, she competed at the postponed National Championships. In the qualification round, which also served as the team final, Wei debuted upgraded routines on uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise to qualify in third place to the all-around final behind defending champion Liu Tingting and Junior Words teammate Guan Chenchen.[13] She also qualified in second place to the balance beam final, behind Guan and ahead of 2018 World Champion Liu, and in sixth place to the uneven bars final.[13] Wei led the Guangxi provincial team to an eight place finish, contributing the top score on every event.[14]

In the all-around final, Wei improved her ranking from qualifications to win the silver medal behind Liu despite a fall on her acrobatic series on beam.[15] Wei recorded the highest uneven bars score and tied with Qi Qi for the highest all-around score of the day but remained behind Liu in the combined two-day total.[16] Wei expressed satisfaction with her performance despite the fall on beam and said she hoped to learn the double-twisting Yurchenko (DTY) vault to improve her chances of making the Chinese team for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics.[17] Wei repeated her placements from qualifications in the event finals, placing sixth on uneven bars and winning silver on beam behind Guan.[18][19]

Selected competitive skills
Apparatus Name Description Difficulty Performed
Vault Yurchenko Full Yurchenko entry, laid out salto backwards with one (1/1) twist 4.6 2020
Uneven Bars Double Layout 1/1 Dismount: Full-twisting (1/1) double laid out salto backwards E 2020
Healy Forward giant with 360° turn on one arm from reverse grip to L grip 2020
Inbar 1/1 Inbar Stalder to full (1/1) pirouette 2020
Komova II Inbar Shaposhnikova transition to high bar 2020
Piked Jaeger Reverse grip swing to piked salto forwards to catch high bar 2020
Van Leeuwen Toe-On Shaposhnikova transition with ½ twist to high bar 2020
Balance Beam Switch Ring Switch leap to ring position (180° split with raised back leg) E 2020
Triple Twist Dismount: laid out salto backwards with triple (3/1) twist F 2020
Floor Exercise Triple Twist Laid out salto backwards with triple (3/1) twist E 2020

Competitive history

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

Senior
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2020National Championships86
Individual National Championships4

References
  1. "2019全锦赛前瞻(二）——青年组的小新星_韦筱圆". Sohu. 2019-04-22. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  2. "2银1铜为国争光！南宁小将韦筱圆首届体操世青赛创佳绩-老友网-南宁网络广播电视台". Guangxi Radio & TV Network. 2019-07-05. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  3. "2018 WOGA Classic Results". The Gymternet. February 18, 2018.
  4. "2018 City of Jesolo Trophy Results". The Gymternet. April 17, 2018.
  5. https://thegymter.net/2018/05/09/2018-chinese-championships-results/
  6. "2018 Chinese Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. June 19, 2018.
  7. "2019 City of Jesolo Trophy Results". The Gymternet. March 4, 2019.
  8. "2019 Chinese Championships Results". The Gymternet. May 16, 2019.
  9. "2019 Junior World Championships Results". The Gymternet. July 2, 2019.
  10. "2019 Chinese National Youth Games Results". The Gymternet. August 7, 2019.
  11. "Olympic, World champions gear up for star-studded Stuttgart World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. January 30, 2020.
  12. "Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the upcoming FIG events". International Gymnastics Federation. March 11, 2020.
  13. "Official qualifiers AA/EF 2020 Chinese Nationals". Golden China. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  14. "Results QF/TF 2020 Chinese Nationals". Golden China. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  15. "Liu Tingting retains Chinese all-around title". Olympic Channel. September 26, 2020.
  16. "Results AA 2020 Chinese Nationals". Golden China. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  17. "https://twitter.com/sui_luwu/status/1310454251177439232". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-10-01. External link in |title= (help)
  18. "Results VT/UB EF 2020 Chinese Nationals". Golden China. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  19. "Results BB/FX EF 2020 Chinese Nationals". Golden China. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
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