| Personal information | |
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| Born | (2000-11-25)25 November 2000 (age 24) |
| Height | 143 cm (4 ft 8 in)[1] |
| Gymnastics career | |
| Sport | Women's artistic gymnastics |
| Country represented |  China(2015–Present (CHN)) |
| Head coach | Liang Chow |
Zhang Jin (Chinese:章瑾;pinyin:Zhāng Jǐn; born 25 November 2000)[1] is a Chineseartistic gymnast. She is a2018 World bronze medalist and2018 Asian Games champion in the team event. She is also the 2018 Asian Games bronze medalist on thebalance beam and the2018 Stuttgart World Cup all-around champion. She representedChina at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Zhang Jin was born on 25 November 2000 inShanghai. She began gymnastics when she was four years old.[2]
Zhang competed on thevault and the balance beam at the2014 Chinese Championships and helped the Shanghai team finish fourth.[3] She made her international debut at the 2015 Austrian Team Open and helped the Chinese team win the gold medal.[4] Then at the2015 Chinese Championships, she won the silver medal in the team event and finished twenty-second in the all-around final.[5] At the2015 National Youth Games, Zhang helped her provincial team finish fourth.[6] She then competed at the 2015 Olympic Hopes Cup inLiberec and won the silver medal with the Chinese team and the bronze medal in the all-around.[7]
Zhang made her senior debut at theOlympic Test Event inRio de Janeiro where she finished seventeenth in the all-around with a totalscore of 54.316.[8] Then at theChinese Championships she won the bronze medal in the team event and placed tenth in the all-around. She was not named to China's 2016 Olympic team. In October, she competed at the Chinese Individual Championships but did not advance into any event finals.[9]
Zhang finished sixth in the all-around at theStuttgart World Cup.[10] Then at theChinese Championships, she finished eighth in the all-around.[11] At theNational Games, she won the bronze medal with the Shanghai team. Individually, she finished tenth in the all-around, seventh on vault andfloor exercise.[12] She finished her season at the Chinese Individual Championships where she won gold on the floor exercise, silver on the vault, and bronze on the balance beam.[13]
Zhang won the gold medal in the all-around at theStuttgart World Cup with a total score of 53.431.[2][14] Then at theChinese Championships, she won the silver medal in the all-around behindLuo Huan and placed fourth on the balance beam.[15] She was selected to representChina at the 2018 Asian Games alongsideChen Yile,Liu Jinru,Liu Tingting, and Luo Huan, and they won theteam gold medal. Then inthe balance beam final, she won the bronze medal behind Yile andKim Su-jong.[16] The same team was then selected to compete at theWorld Championships.[17] Although Zhang fell on the balance beam, the team won the bronze medal. On her mistake in the team final, she stated, "I am a little bit disappointed. [The] uneven bars were good. We made one mistake but didn't drop too many points. I was not worried about balance beam before the competition because usually we are very good, but it wasn't good."[18] In the balance beam final, she fell twice and finished last with a score of 11.500.[19]
Zhang helped the Chinese team win the silver medal at theCity of Jesolo Trophy. Individually, she finished sixth in the all-around and fourth on the balance beam and floor exercise.[20] Then at theChinese Championships, she finished ninth in the all-around and seventh on the floor exercise.[21]
In March, Zhang competed at theAmerican Cup and finished ninth in the all-around.[22] She was scheduled to compete at theBirmingham World Cup, but the event was postponed and eventually canceled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[23][24][25] In September, she competed at the postponedChinese Championships and finished seventh in the all-around.[26] She ended the season at theFriendship and Solidarity Competition, which was held under strict COVID-19 safety protocols inTokyo in November. She competed on all four events to help Team Solidarity win gold.[27]
At theChinese Championships, Zhang won the silver medal in the all-around behindLu Yufei and placed fifth on the balance beam and fourth on the floor exercise.[28] She won the gold medals in the all-around at both the 1st and 2nd Chinese Olympic Trials.[29][30] On 3 July, she was selected to representChina at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Lu Yufei,Ou Yushan, andTang Xijing.[31]
Duringthe qualification round, Zhang competed on all four events to help the Chinese team qualify in third place.[32] Then inthe team final, Zhang contributed scores of 14.066 on vault, 13.900 on balance beam, and 13.133 on floor exercise towards the team's seventh-place finish.[33] After the Olympics, she competed at theNational Games where she finished fifth in the all-around and fourth on the floor exercise.[34]
Zhang competed at the2022 Asian Championships in June. While there she helped China place first as a team. Individually she won gold in the all-around and bronze on balance beam.[35]
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | |||||||
| 2014 | National Championships | 4 | |||||
| 2015 | Austrian Team Open |  | 12 | ||||
| National Championships |  | 22 | |||||
| National Youth Games | 4 | ||||||
| Olympic Hopes Cup | |  | |||||
| Senior | |||||||
| 2016 | Olympic Test Event | 17 | |||||
| National Championships | | 10 | |||||
| National Individual Championships | 48 | ||||||
| 2017 | Stuttgart World Cup | 6 | |||||
| National Championships | 5 | 8 | |||||
| National Games | | 10 | 7 | 7 | |||
| National Individual Championships | | | | ||||
| 2018 | Stuttgart World Cup | | |||||
| National Championships | | 4 | |||||
| Asian Games | | | |||||
| World Championships | | 8 | |||||
| 2019 | City of Jesolo Trophy | | 6 | 4 | 4 | ||
| National Championships | 7 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| 2020 | American Cup | 9 | |||||
| National Championships | 6 | 7 | |||||
| Friendship & Solidarity Meet | | ||||||
| 2021 | National Championships | 7 | | 5 | 4 | ||
| Olympic Games | 7 | ||||||
| National Games | 5 | 4 | |||||
| 2022 | |||||||
| Asian Championships | | | | ||||
| National Championships | 5 | 8 | |||||
| World Championships | 6 | ||||||
| 2023 | World University Games | | 7 | ||||
| Asian Games | | 4 | 4 | | |||
| 2024 | DTB Pokal Mixed Cup | | |||||
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Asian Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's All-Around | |
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