Feng Zhe

For the table tennis player, see Feng Zhe (table tennis).
In this Chinese name, the family name is Feng.
Feng Zhe
Born (1987-11-19) 19 November 1987
Chengdu, Sichuan[1]
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 China
Head coach(es)Huang Yubin
Assistant coach(es)Wang Hongwei
Medal record
Olympic Games
2012 London Team
2012 London Parallel bars
World Championships
2010 Rotterdam Team
2010 Rotterdam Parallel bars
2011 Tokyo Team
2009 London Parallel bars
World Cup Final
2008 Madrid Parallel bars
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou Team
2010 Guangzhou Parallel bars
2010 Guangzhou Vault

Feng Zhe (simplified Chinese: 冯喆; traditional Chinese: 馮喆; pinyin: Féng Zhé; born 19 November 1987) is a Chinese gymnast. He is the 2010 World champion and the 2012 Olympic champion on the parallel bars. He was also part of the Chinese teams that won the team gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2010 World Championships, and the 2011 World Championships. Additionally, he is the 2008 World Cup Final parallel bars champion and the 2010 Asian Games parallel bars champion and vault silver medalist.

Gymnastics career

Feng began training in gymnastics at the age of three, and at sixteen, he was invited to join the national team.[2]

Feng began competing in senior international competitions in 2005 and won a silver medal on the parallel bars at the 2005 Stuttgart World Cup.[3] The same year, he won silver medals on both the vault and the parallel bars at the Glasgow World Cup.[4] At the 2006 Cottbus World Cup, he won a parallel bars silver medal, behind World champion Mitja Petkovšek.[5]

At the 2008 Chinese Championships, Feng won silver medals on the parallel bars and the horizontal bar.[6] He was not selected for the 2008 Olympic team, but he went on to compete at the 2008 World Cup Final and tied with Yann Cucherat for the parallel bars title.[7] He competed at his first World Championships in 2009 and advanced into the parallel bars final in first place.[8] In the event final, he won the silver medal, behind teammate Wang Guanyin.[9]

Feng won the parallel bars and the horizontal bar gold medals at the 2010 Porto World Cup.[10] He then competed with the Chinese team that won the gold medal at the 2010 World Championships,[11] and Feng became the World champion on the parallel bars.[12] After the World Championshops, he competed at the 2010 Asian Games and helped China win its tenth consecutive Asian Games team title.[13] Then in the event finals, he won a gold medal on the parallel bars and a silver medal on the vault, behind Yang Hak-seon.[14]

At the 2011 Paris World Cup, Feng won a parallel bars silver medal.[15] He was then selected to compete at the 2011 World Championships, where China successfully defended its World team title.[16] He advanced into the parallel bars final but did not defend his individual title and finished seventh.[17]

Feng won a parallel bars gold medal at the 2012 Zibo World Cup.[18] He was then selected to represent China at the 2012 Summer Olympics alongside Chen Yibing, Guo Weiyang, Zhang Chenglong, and Zou Kai. The team had several mistakes during the qualification round and advanced to the team final in sixth place. They hit all of their routines in the team final and won the gold medal by four points ahead of Japan.[19][20] Individually, Feng advanced to the parallel bars final, where he won another gold medal.[21][22]

Personal life

Feng graduated from Beijing Sport University in 2011.[2] In 2015, he competed with then-girlfriend Zhu Zhu on season 2 of The Amazing Race China.[23]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b "冯喆体操生涯苦中作乐 体操队开心果兼"段子王"". Sohu (in Chinese). 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  3. ^ "23rd International DTB Cup Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Stuttgart (GER) 2005". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Glasgow Grand Prix 2005 Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Glasgow (GBR) 2005 October 25-26". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  5. ^ "30th Turnier der Meister Artistic Gymnastics World Cup B Cottbus (GER) 2006 March 24-26". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  6. ^ "2008 Chinese Nationals on high levels". Gym Media. 12 May 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Gymnastics: China wins more gold". The Repository. 14 December 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  8. ^ "Parallel Bars 41st Artistic Gymnastics World Championships". World Gymnastics. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  9. ^ "Deng makes it six gold as China end worlds on high". Taipei Times. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  10. ^ "FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Porto (POR) 2010 Jun 18-20 Artistic Gymnastics Results Men Finals". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  11. ^ "China dominate the team final in the ART WC – Rotterdam (NED), October 16 – 24, 2010". Asian Gymnastics Union. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  12. ^ "Two golds for China on final day of Gymnastics Worlds". China Daily. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  13. ^ "China Wins Men's Gymnastics Team Gold at Asian Games 2010". Asian Gymnastics Union. 14 November 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  14. ^ "Apparatus Finals Day 5 – Asian Games 2010". Asian Gymnastics Union. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  15. ^ "World Cup A CIII Paris (FRA) 2011 Mar 19-20 Artistic Gymnastics Results Individuals Finals". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  16. ^ "China wins 5th world title in row, tops Japan, US". San Diego Union-Tribune. 12 October 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  17. ^ "Results for 43rd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Tokyo (JPN)". World Gymnastics. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  18. ^ "Six Golds for China at Zibo World Cup". World Gymnastics. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  19. ^ Glendenning, Barry (30 July 2012). "Olympic gymnastics 2012: men's final – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  20. ^ Liviu Bird (30 July 2012). "2012 Olympic Men's Gymnastics: Judges, US Fold Under Pressure of Biggest Stage". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012.
  21. ^ "Feng Zhe wins parallel bars gold". ESPN. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  22. ^ "Olympics gymnastics: Feng Zhe of China swings to parallel bars gold". BBC Sport. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  23. ^ ""跑男"踢馆《极速2》 韩庚自诩能力超金钟国". Sohu (in Chinese). June 28, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
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