Kui won the floor exercise at the 1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, becoming the first Chinese woman to do so. She then competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing 4th with the Chinese team.[1] She recorded the highest score of the entire Olympics on the balance beam, a 9.875 during the team optionals, and in doing so, became the only gymnast to top the 9.862 scored three consecutive times by Olympic balance beam champion Shannon Miller. However, a fall from the beam during the team compulsories (resulting in a score of 8.925) prevented Kui from making the beam finals. She also failed to make the floor exercise final, despite her world title on that event.
Kui went on to win two bronze medals at the 1997 World Championships, with her team and on the balance beam. The balance beam result was controversial: Kui performed the most difficult routine of all the competitors in the final—including a full-twisting back layout, as well as three split leaps to a back handspring and two layout step-outs—but finished .012 behind Romania's Gina Gogean. She lost the silver medal to Svetlana Khorkina of Russia in a tie-breaker. The results prompted the president of the International Federation of Gymnastics to publicly chastise the judges.
The following year, Kui won two gold medals at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok and two medals at the World Cup Final. In 1999, she had an injury and could not compete. She recovered in time for the 2000 Olympics, where she hoped to win the individual gold medal on the balance beam that eluded her in 1996. However, she injured her knee while vaulting during the preliminary round of competition and could not compete in the finals. She admitted that it was emotionally devastating for her to watch her teammate Liu Xuan take the beam gold.
The Chinese team finished 3rd, but the medal was stripped by the International Olympic Committee in 2010 after one of the team members, Dong Fangxiao, was found to have been underage during the competition.[2][3]
Post-gymnastics lifeedit
After retiring from gymnastics, Kui had surgery on her knee. She began studying French at the Beijing University of International Business and Economics, but dropped out after a few semesters. In March 2006, she married her boyfriend of two years, a football player. A year later, she gave birth to a daughter.
Kui remains close friends with former teammates Peng Sha (her daughter's godmother) and Bi Wenjing.
Referencesedit
^. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
^Macur, Juliet (2010-02-26). "Chinese Gymnast Dong Fangxiao Is Ruled to Have Been Under Age in 2000 Olympics". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
^Agencies (2010-04-29). "China's gymnasts ordered to return Sydney Olympic bronze". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
yuanyuan, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, talk, pa. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Kui Yuanyuan news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Kui Yuanyuan Simplified Chinese 奎媛媛 born June 23 1981 is a former artistic gymnast from China who competed in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games Kui YuanyuanCountry represented ChinaBorn 1981 06 23 June 23 1981 age 42 Xicheng District Beijing ChinaDisciplineWomen s artistic gymnasticsRetired2000Medal record Women s artistic gymnasticsRepresenting ChinaWorld Championships1996 Puerto Rico Floor Exercise1997 Lausanne Team1997 Lausanne Balance BeamWorld Cup Final1998 Sabae Balance Beam1998 Sabae VaultAsian Games1998 Bangkok Team1998 Bangkok Vault1998 Bangkok Floor ExerciseNational Games1997 Shanghai All Around1997 Shanghai Floor Exercise1997 Shanghai Team1997 Shanghai VaultIn this Chinese name the family name is Kui Contents 1 Gymnastics career 2 Post gymnastics life 3 References 4 External linksGymnastics career editKui won the floor exercise at the 1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships becoming the first Chinese woman to do so She then competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics finishing 4th with the Chinese team 1 She recorded the highest score of the entire Olympics on the balance beam a 9 875 during the team optionals and in doing so became the only gymnast to top the 9 862 scored three consecutive times by Olympic balance beam champion Shannon Miller However a fall from the beam during the team compulsories resulting in a score of 8 925 prevented Kui from making the beam finals She also failed to make the floor exercise final despite her world title on that event Kui went on to win two bronze medals at the 1997 World Championships with her team and on the balance beam The balance beam result was controversial Kui performed the most difficult routine of all the competitors in the final including a full twisting back layout as well as three split leaps to a back handspring and two layout step outs but finished 012 behind Romania s Gina Gogean She lost the silver medal to Svetlana Khorkina of Russia in a tie breaker The results prompted the president of the International Federation of Gymnastics to publicly chastise the judges The following year Kui won two gold medals at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok and two medals at the World Cup Final In 1999 she had an injury and could not compete She recovered in time for the 2000 Olympics where she hoped to win the individual gold medal on the balance beam that eluded her in 1996 However she injured her knee while vaulting during the preliminary round of competition and could not compete in the finals She admitted that it was emotionally devastating for her to watch her teammate Liu Xuan take the beam gold The Chinese team finished 3rd but the medal was stripped by the International Olympic Committee in 2010 after one of the team members Dong Fangxiao was found to have been underage during the competition 2 3 Post gymnastics life editAfter retiring from gymnastics Kui had surgery on her knee She began studying French at the Beijing University of International Business and Economics but dropped out after a few semesters In March 2006 she married her boyfriend of two years a football player A year later she gave birth to a daughter Kui remains close friends with former teammates Peng Sha her daughter s godmother and Bi Wenjing References edit Kui Yuanyuan Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 2020 04 18 Retrieved 2017 02 19 Macur Juliet 2010 02 26 Chinese Gymnast Dong Fangxiao Is Ruled to Have Been Under Age in 2000 Olympics The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2017 02 19 Agencies 2010 04 29 China s gymnasts ordered to return Sydney Olympic bronze The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 2017 02 19 External links editKUI Yuan Yuan at the International Gymnastics Federation Kui Yuanyuan at Olympedia nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kui Yuanyuan amp oldid 1156719781, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
