Athlete

Physical Education - Hunan Normal University: Changsha, CHN

Mandarin

Hunan Province: China

Chen Wei [club]

He was dealing with wrist and waist injuries at the 2022 World Championships in Liverpool, England. As a result, he reduced the complexity of his floor routine in the individual all-around event. He still went on to claim silver in the individual all-around. (uk.style.yahoo.com, 05 Nov 2022)

He took up the sport at age four, training with coach Qiu Qi.

His parents encouraged him to take up the sport so he would be fit when he grew up.

To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (view.inews.qq.com, 09 May 2022)

Winning gold in the individual all-around event at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan. (gymnastics.sport, 29 Oct 2022)

"Winning once doesn't mean you will continue to do so. I feel like the moment I take my foot off the pedal, I'll fall behind because my competitors are always improving." (gymnastics.sport, 29 Oct 2022)

In 2015 he was named an Elite Athlete of National Class by the General Administration of Sport of China. (sport.gov.cn, 09 Nov 2015)

LEARNING FROM DISAPPOINTMENT AND SUCCESS
Although he missed out on the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he believes that he gained important experience while training for the Games. He went on to win the individual all-around title at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, which he says he has also learned from. "Missing Tokyo 2020 was actually a very precious learning experience for me. I campaigned for the Olympics together with my teammates, and doing so allowed me to grow and learn immensely. You can't look only at the end result and see if I made it to the Olympics or not. You've also got to look at the process, and I know it was an experience that I gained a lot from. 2021 was a breakthrough year for me and it led to many changes. Becoming world champion made me feel like I must bring more structure into my training, and take greater responsibility for my training. This world title has kept me on my toes, to never rest on my laurels." (gymnastics.sport, 29 Oct 2022)