Feng Zhe (gymnast)

Feng Zhe
Personal information
Nationality:	People's Republic of China
discipline	Apparatus gymnastics
Trainer:	Huang Yubin
Birthday:	November 19, 1987
Place of birth:	Sichuan
Size:	160 cm
Weight:	58 kg
Medals
Olympic games gold 2012 London Ingots gold 2012 London team  World championships silver 2009 London Ingots gold 2010 Rotterdam Ingots gold 2010 Rotterdam team gold 2011 Tokyo team  Asian Games gold 2010 Guangzhou Ingots gold 2010 Guangzhou team silver 2010 Guangzhou Leap

Feng Zhe ( Chinese  馮 喆  /  冯 喆 , Pinyin Féng Zhé ; born November 19, 1987 in Sichuan ) is a Chinese gymnast . His greatest successes to date are the 2012 Olympic victories on parallel bars and with the team, as well as winning three world championship titles in the same disciplines. At a height of 1.60 meters, his competition weight is less than 60 kilograms.

Career

Feng Zhe began gymnastics in 1991. Three years later, he trained in artistic gymnastics in Chengdu . In 2004 he was appointed to the Chinese national gymnastics team for seniors.

Internationally, Feng Zhe first appeared in October 2005 at the DTB Cup in Stuttgart . There he took second place on the parallel bars in the victory of the Slovenian Mitja Petkovšek (9.712 points) with 9.687 points. 2006 Feng achieved his first victory on parallel bars in July at the World Cup in his native Shanghai with 16.375 points, which was to become his special device in the following years. When he took part in the DTB Cup for the second time in October, he was unable to match the previous year's performance and missed the device finals on the parallel bars and finished eighth on the floor .

2007 turned out to be Feng's most successful year to date. In March he won his second World Cup victory on his parade machine at the Internationaux de France in Paris and took second place behind his compatriot Teng Haibin (16,000 points) at the championship tournament in Cottbus that followed shortly afterwards . In July, Feng repeated his World Cup victory from the previous year on parallel bars in Shanghai, won the competition there on vaults and took second place on the floor. In November at the Grand Prix in Glasgow , Feng had to admit defeat to the former world champion Petkovšek (16,250 points) with 15,800 points.

In the 2008 Olympic year, Feng presented himself stronger than ever. At the World Cup in Doha , he won the parallel bars, with 16,400 points, which was the highest-rated exercise to date. In May he also won the Chinese championship on parallel bars and also finished third in the all-around competition with 89.350 points behind Feng Jing (90.300) and Guo Weiyang (89.700). In June he also won the World Cup in Barcelona (16,100 points). Still, Feng was not considered for the Chinese squad at the Summer Olympics in their native Beijing . There his compatriot Li Xiaopeng won on parallel bars with 16,450 points. In November, Feng won the World Cup in Stuttgart.

In 2009, Feng first took part in world championships. In the title fights in London , he moved into the device finals on parallel bars as the best in qualification (15,950 points). There he had to admit defeat to his compatriot Wang Guanyin (15.975 points) with an exercise with a lower rating (15.775 points) and won silver. In the following year Feng won the all-around and bar title as well as a third place on the horizontal bar at the Chinese Spring Championships. At the following world championships in Rotterdam , Feng was the first time world champion on his special device in front of his teammate Teng Haibin and the Japanese all- around world champion Kōhei Uchimura . There was also team gold with the Chinese men's gymnastics team and seventh place on the horizontal bar (15.166 points). Feng had already won the competition on parallel bars and horizontal bars at the World Cup in Porto , while in August he was unable to defend his all-around title at the Chinese championships due to a sprained ankle and shared the victory on parallel bars with Wang Guanyin with 15,500 points. In 2011, Feng was unable to build on previous international successes after winning the Chinese championships on parallel bars in May and taking second place on vault. At the World Championships in Tokyo he was the best in the bar final with 15.508 points, but only finished seventh with 15.200 points when the American Danell Leyva won (15.633 points). Nevertheless, he was able to repeat the success with the Chinese team, which was victorious before Japan and the United States.

In the Olympic year 2012, Feng won the World Cup in his home Zibo in April in his favorite discipline. In May he won the Chinese championships on parallel bars. He was then appointed to the Chinese Olympic team for the first time . At the summer games in London in July / August he became the second most successful male gymnast behind his compatriot Zou Kai (two gold and one bronze medal). Together with Zou, Chen Yibing , Guo Weiyang and Zhang Chenglong , he was Olympic champion in the team competition in front of Japan and Great Britain. A few days later, Feng moved in with 15.633 points behind the Japanese brothers Yūsuke Tanaka (15.866) and Kazuhito Tanaka (15.725) as the third best of the qualification in the device finals on parallel bars. There he won his second gold medal with 15.966 points ahead of the German Marcel Nguyen (15.800 points) and the French Hamilton Sabot (15.566 points).

Feng Zhe is a student and is trained by Huang Yubin in Beijing. He is a member of the gymnastics team in his home province of Sichuan.

Web links

• Feng Zhe (gymnast) in the database of the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (English)
• Profile at london2012.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Feng Zhe (Turner) in the database of the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (English)
2. ↑ Profile ( memento of the original from January 28, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at london2012.com (accessed August 13, 2012).  
3. ↑ Turner, Amanda: He Ning, Feng Jing Win Chinese Championships at intlgymnast.com, May 17, 2009 (accessed August 19, 2012).
4. ↑ Turner, Amanda: Sui, Feng Win Chinese Championships at intlgymnast.com, May 31, 2010 (accessed August 19, 2012).
5. ↑ Turner, Amanda: Teng Haibin Leads Chinese Championships at intlgymnast.com, August 26, 2010 (accessed August 19, 2012).
6. ↑ Turner, Amanda: Sui Strikes More Gold as Chinese Championships End at intlgymnast.com, August 30, 2010 (accessed August 19, 2012).
7. ↑ Turner, Amanda: Sui Wins Twice as Chinese Championships End at intlgymnast.com, May 12, 2011 (accessed August 19, 2012).
8. ↑ Turner, Amanda: Chinese Women Face Uphill Battle for Olympics at intlgymnast.com, May 12, 2012 (accessed August 19, 2012).

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Feng is the family name here, Zhe is the first name.