China Fei Cheng

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  • Birthdate: May 29, 1988
  • Weight: 95 lbs (43 kg)
  • Height: 4’11” (1.52 m)
  • Age: 21 years
  • Gender: Female

Athlete Medal Count

  • Gold 1
  • Silver 0
  • Bronze 2
  • Total 3
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Athlete Events

Gymnastics
Gymnastics Events
DateRoundResult
08/19Women's Balance Beam Final RankingBronze15.950 (3rd)
08/17Women's Floor Exercise Final Ranking14.550
08/17Women's Horse Vault Final RankingBronze15.562 (3rd)
08/12Women's Team Competition Final RankingGold188.900 (1st)
08/09Women's Floor Exercise Qualification15.750 (1st - Qualified)
08/09Women's Horse Vault Qualification15.912 (1st - Qualified)
08/09Women's Balance Beam Qualification15.875 (5th - Qualified)
08/09Women's Individual All-Round Qualification47.775 (62nd)
08/09Women's Qualification Competition Qualification248.275 (1st)

Athlete Profile

  • Born May 29, 1988.
  • Got involved in gymnastics at age 4 in 1992, and began competing internationally in 2003.
  • Best event is the vault, in which she has a signature move named after her. Dubbed the "Cheng Fei Maneuver," it combines a 180-degree back flip with a 540-degree forward flip.
  • Cheng is the three-time reigning world champion in the vault. She scored 15.937 to win gold at the 2007 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, 15.712 to take home gold at the 2006 World Championships at Aarhus, Denmark, and also won the gold in the vault at the 2005 Worlds in Melbourne, Australia.
  • Also won gold in floor exercise at the 2006 World Championships, but fell to fifth in that event at Stuttgart.
  • Competed in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, where she placed fourth in floor exercise and was a member of the Chinese women's team which placed seventh.
  • Also competes in the balance beam, where she won gold in December at the Good Luck Beijing Artistic Gymnastics International Invitational.

Overall Medal Count

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Overall Medal Count
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
Flag of United States 36 38 36 110
Flag of China 51 21 28 100
Flag of Russia 23 21 28 72
Flag of Britain 19 13 15 47
Flag of Australia 14 15 17 46
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