Huang Shanshan (simplified Chinese: 黄珊汕; traditional Chinese: 黃珊汕; pinyin: Huáng Shānshàn; born January 18, 1986, in Fujian) is a female Chinese trampoline gymnast who won bronze in the individual competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In the 2012 Summer Olympics, she finished in second place.[1]
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| Born | January 18, 1986 Fujian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Fuzhou, Fujian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 156 cm (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Trampoline gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAt the 2003 Trampoline World Championships, Huang was the first Chinese trampolinist to make a world final, qualifying in third place and finishing eighth.
During the 2006 Trampoline World Cup, she won titles in two individual competitions held in Switzerland and Germany. At the 2008 Olympic Games, she failed to advance to the finals due to a fall in the qualification round.
In the 2012 Summer Olympics, she placed second in the preliminary and final competition winning a silver medal.
Major achievements
edit- 1998 National Champion's Tournament: First team, second individual
- 1999 National Championship: First team/individual
- 1999 National Champion's Tournament: First team, third individual
- 1999 National Trampoline Championship, Tianjin: First women's team, fourth individual
- 1999 Trampoline World Age Group Championship, South Africa: Second, age group
- 2000 National Championship/National Champion's Tournament: First team, second individual
- 2001 National Championship: First team/individual
- 2001 National Champion's Tournament/National Games Finals: First team, eighth individual
- 2001 Trampoline World Youth Championship, Sydney: Second, individual
- 2001 Preliminaries of the 9th National Games (National Championship): First, individual
- 2001 Trampoline World Age Group Championship, Denmark: First, individual (in women's age group of 15-16)
- 2001 The Ninth National Games Finals: First, women's team
- 2002 National Championship: First synchronized (with Zheng Xiaojun)
- 2002 National Champion's Tournament: First team/individual
- 2003 Trampoline World Championships: Eighth, individual
- 2003 World Cup, France: Second individual
- 2003 World Championship, Germany: Second team, eighth individual
- 2004 Athens Olympics: Third, individual women's single jump, the first trampoline medal by a Chinese athlete in a trampoline event
- 2005 National Championship: First, team
- 2005 10th National Games: First, team/individual
- 2006 Trampoline World Cup: First, individual
- 2012 London Olympics: Silver
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Huang Shanshan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
External links
edit- Huang Shanshan at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Huang Shanshan at Olympics.com
- Huang Shanshan at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Huang Shanshan at Olympedia (archive)
