Hu Xuwei

Hu Xuwei (Chinese: 胡旭威; pinyin: Hú Xùwēi; born 25 February 1997)[1] is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He competed in the 2019 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, winning gold medals in both the team event and the Horizontal bar final and winning silver in the all-around and parallel bar finals.[2] At the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships he qualified in third for the parallel bars event and second for the horizontal bar event.[3] He went on to win both the Parallel Bar final and the Horizontal Bar final;[4] becoming the first athlete to hold both bar titles in a single World Championship since Boris Shakhlin in the 1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[5][6][7]

Hu Xuwei
Country represented China
Born (1997-02-25) 25 February 1997
HometownGuangxi
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national teamPeople's Republic of China
ClubGuangxi Province
Head coach(es)Zheng Hao
Medal record
Representing  China
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kitakyushu Parallel Bars
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kitakyushu Horizontal Bar
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Ulaanbaatar Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Ulaanbaatar Horizontal Bar
Silver medal – second place 2019 Ulaanbaatar All-Around
Silver medal – second place 2019 Ulaanbaatar Parallel Bars

References
  1. "50th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Entry List (Men)". Longines Timing. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. "Hu Xuwei". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  3. "Melnikova tops all-around qualifying at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships". insidethegames. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  4. "Hu Xuwei beats Olympic champ for horizontal bar gold at gymnastics worlds". CBC. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  5. "MEN'S PARALLEL BARS FINAL - RESULTS". gym.longinestiming. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  6. "MEN'S HORIZONTAL BAR FINAL - RESULTS". gym.longinestiming. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  7. "Hu Xuwei wins horizontal bar, Kohei Uchimura shines at gymnastics world championships". ESPN. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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