Hobbies
Drawing, gardening, calligraphy, cross-stitch. (sports.hangzhou.com.cn, 11 Oct 2013)
Occupation
Athlete, Student
Spoken languages
Mandarin
Club
Zhejiang Province [Taizhou, CHN]
Coach
Xu Jinglei [national], CHN (sports.sina.com.cn, 16 Oct 2015)
International senior debut
2013 for China, World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium (sports.qq.com, 06 Oct 2013)
Injuries
An injury forced her to miss the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. (sports.163.com, 18 Oct 2015)
National Team
2008 (lqwt.luqiao.gov.c, 31 Jul 2014)
Start sporting career
She took up gymnastics in 2000. (gx.xinhuanet.com, 11 May 2014)
Reason for taking up the sport
Her parents sent her to train in gymnastics to improve her health, as she often fell ill as a child. (tianjinwe.com, 09 Oct 2014)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning a gold medal at the 2013 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, and the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Republic of Korea. (sports.qq.com, 08 Nov 2013; szcb.zjol.com.cn, 08 Apr 2016)
Hero / Idol
Chinese gymnast He Kexin, Russion gymnast Aliya Mustafina. (sports.qq.com, 08 Nov 2013; sports.hangzhou.com.cn, 11 Oct 2013)
Additional information
Awards
She was named an International Elite Athlete by the General Administration of Sport of China in 2015. (sports.sohu.com, 06 Jan 2015)
Last update : 2016-09-23