Liu Lingling (gymnast)

This article is about the Chinese gymnast. For the Singaporean host and actress, see Liu Lingling (Singaporean host).
In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.
Liu Lingling
Liu competing at the 2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event
Personal information
Born (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 30)
Fuzhou, China
ResidenceBeijing, China
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineTrampoline gymnastics
Years on national team2009–present
ClubFujian Province
Medal record
Women's trampoline gymnastics
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Individual
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Florida Individual
Gold medal – first place 2014 Florida Synchro
Gold medal – first place 2015 Odense Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sofia Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Odense Individual
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Individual

Liu Lingling (Chinese: 刘灵玲; born 8 November 1994)[1] is a Chinese trampoline gymnast.

Liu was born in Fuzhou, China. She started trampoline gymnastics at age five and joined the national team in 2009.[2]

Career

At the 2014 Trampoline World Championships, Liu won gold medals in the individual and synchro events.[2]

At the 2015 Trampoline World Championships, she won the gold medal in the team event and the silver medal in the individual event.[2]

At the 2017 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships, she won, alongside Zhong Xingping and Zhu Xueying, the gold medal in the team event.[3]

At the 2018 Asian Games, she won the gold medal in the women's trampoline event.[1][4][5]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won the silver medal in the women's trampoline event.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Trampoline Gymnastics" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Liu Lingling" Archived 2021-08-08 at the Wayback Machine. olympics.com. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  3. ^ Morgan, Liam (10 November 2017). "China win three of opening four gold medals at Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  4. ^ "China's Liu wins women's trampoline gold at Asian Games". China.org.cn. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  5. ^ "China scoops Asiad golds in men's, women's trampoline". SHINE News. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  6. ^ Morgan, Liam (30 July 2021). "Zhu edges Liu to secure women's trampoline gold at Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 30 July 2021.


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