Playing video games, watching TV. (usagym.org, 01 May 2023)

Athlete, Student

Psychology - University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI, USA

English

University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Yuan Xiao [club]

He sustained an ankle injury in January 2023 that ruled him out for most of the 2023 US collegiate season. He planned a return to competition at the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA] Championships, but during warm-up he suffered a head injury and did not compete. (insidegymnastics.com, 18 Jul 2023; neutraldeductions.com, 23 Jul 2023)

A knee injury meant he missed the 2022 US National Championships in Tampa, Florida. (insidegymnastics.com, 18 Jul 2023)

He took up the sport in 2007.

He followed his siblings into the sport. "Both of them only did it recreationally. But I was always going there to kind of hang out and look through the doors with my parents. The gym had these push doors, and I would always push them as a little kid because I really wanted to go in there and do some gymnastics. So, we were really lucky, the gymnastic centre being quite literally a five-minute drive and more like a two-minute drive if you took a shortcut. My mum was always working hard and was always able to get me there in the nick of time. I mean, if gymnastics wasn't that close, I don't see it being as feasible as it was to be able to go to gym every day."

To win an Olympic medal. (usagym.org, 01 May 2023)

His parents. (nbcsports.com, 23 Aug 2023)

While representing the University of Michigan, in 2023 he received the Nissen-Emery Award, which is presented to the year's best male athlete in US collegiate gymnastics. He was also named Big Ten Conference Gymnast of the Year in 2021 and 2022. (mgoblue.com, 01 Jun 2023; usagym.org, 01 May 2023)

HERITAGE
His parents are from Poland. "I'm first generation American. My siblings were both born in either place. My brother was born in Poland, but my sister was born here [the United States of America]. My dad came here first and then my mum came later on. They're probably some of my biggest role models in the sense that they decided to make this insane jump to a completely different country, without even knowing the language." (nbcsports.com, 23 Aug 2023)

FURTHER EDUCATION
He has studied for a graduate certificate in real estate development at the University of Michigan in the United States of America. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jul 2023; neutraldeductions.com, 23 Jul 2023)