Yang Jiaxing

Yang Jiaxing (born 15 August 1998) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He is a 2022 World and 2022 and 2019 Asian champion with the Chinese team. Individually, he is the 2019 Asian champion on the floor exercise. He is also the 2022 Asian Championships all-around and floor exercise bronze medalist.

Yang Jiaxing
Country represented China
Born (1998-08-15) 15 August 1998
Hunan, China
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
ClubHunan Province
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  China
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 LiverpoolTeam
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 UlaanbaatarTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 UlaanbaatarFloor exercise
Gold medal – first place2022 DohaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2022 DohaAll-around
Bronze medal – third place2022 DohaFloor exercise

Career

At the 2018 Chinese Championships, Yang won a silver medal with the Hunan province team and also placed fifth in the all-around.[1]

Yang won a gold medal with the Army team at the 2019 Chinese Championships.[2] Then at the 2019 Asian Championships in Ulaanbaatar, he won a team gold medal alongside Liu Rongbing, Lan Xingyu, Huang Mingqi, and Hu Xuwei. Individually, he won the gold medal on the floor exercise with a score of 14.533.[3]

Yang won a silver medal with the Hunan province team at the 2021 Chinese Championships and placed ninth in the all-around.[4] He was not selected for the 2020 Olympics training squad.[5]

At the 2022 Asian Championships in Doha, Yang won a team gold medal alongside Shi Cong, Yin Dehang, Lin Chaopan, and Lan Xingyu. Individually, he won the all-around bronze medal with a total score of 83.733 behind teammate Shi and Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo.[6] In the event finals, he won another bronze medal on the floor exercise behind Yulo and Kim Han-sol.[7] He also placed fifth in the rings final and sixth in the horizontal bar final. Then at the 2022 Chinese Championships, Yang won a silver medal with the Hunan province team. He also won his first national individual medal by winning bronze in the all-around behind Zhang Boheng and Sun Wei.[8]

Yang was selected to compete at the 2022 World Championships in Liverpool alongside Sun Wei, You Hao, Zhang Boheng, and Zou Jingyuan. The team won the gold medal and qualified China a team spot for the 2024 Olympic Games.[9]

References
  1. Hopkins, Lauren (14 May 2018). "2018 Chinese Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  2. Hopkins, Lauren (18 May 2019). "2019 Chinese Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  3. Hopkins, Lauren (24 June 2019). "2019 Asian Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  4. Hopkins, Lauren (10 May 2021). "2021 Chinese Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  5. 体操光年 [@chngym] (2021-05-09). "MAG Olympics Training Squad announced" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2021-05-18 – via Twitter.
  6. "Favourites China claim MAG, WAG Team and All-Around titles". Asian Gymnastics Union. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  7. "Yulo dominates on floor; India's Pranati takes bronze in vault". Asian Gymnastics Union. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  8. Hopkins, Lauren (11 September 2022). "2022 Chinese Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  9. "In outrageous about-face, Chinese men clinch World team title". International Gymnastics Federation. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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