Sun Wei (gymnast)
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| Sun Wei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 12 August 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Jiangsu Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Wang Hongwei, Lyu Junhai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sun Wei (simplified Chinese: 孙炜; traditional Chinese: 孫煒; born 12 August 1995) is a Chinese artistic gymnast.[1] He is a 2018 world champion in the team competition and a member of the 2020 Olympic team.
Sun was born 12 August 1995 in Nantong, China. He started gymnastics at age three; he was a weak child, and his parents wanted his strength to improve.[2]
He studied at the Nanjing Sport Institute.[citation needed]
Career
2017
In May 2017, Sun competed at the Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, where his team won gold.[2]
2018
In August, Sun competed at the Asian Games in Indonesia, where his team won first.[3] Sun placed second on high bar and third on pommel horse.[2]
In October, he was part of the Chinese team at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Doha, Qatar, and helped his country to gold medal in the team event.[4][5] He also qualified for the all-around final where he placed fourth.[6]
2019
Sun competed at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where his team placed second.[2]
2021
At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Sun competed for the People's Republic of China, a team including Sun Wei, Zou Jingyuan, Xiao Ruoteng, and Lin Chaopan.[7] The team won Olympic bronze with a combined score of 262.397, 0.606 points beneath the winning team.[8] Sun also qualified for the men's individual all-around, where he placed 4th.[9]
