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| Born | (1998-01-03)3 January 1998 (age 27) Yibin, Sichuan, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sichuan Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Wang Hongwei,Teng Haibin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eponymous skills | Zou (rings): From inverted cross lower slowly to inverted hang and felge backward slowly to V cross (2 seconds) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zou Jingyuan (Chinese:邹敬园;pinyin:Zōu Jìngyuán, born 3 January 1998) is a Chineseartistic gymnast who specializes inparallel bars andrings. He is a two-timeOlympic champion onparallel bars, winning gold at the2020 and2024 Summer Olympics. He is a four-timeworld champion on parallel bars, winning in2017,2018,2022 and2025.[1] He was a member of the Chinese team that won silver at the2024 Paris Olympics, bronze at the2020 Tokyo Olympics, gold at the2018 and2022 World Championships, and bronze at the2019 World Championships. He was the silver medalist on rings at the2024 Olympics and 2022 World Championships. Zou is widely considered the best parallel bars competitor in the world.
Zou was born 3 January 1998 inYibin, Sichuan, China. He started gymnastics at the age of three when he was scouted by a coach because of his good physical condition.[2]
The General Administration of Sport of China named Zou an Elite Athlete of National Class in 2016.[2]
Zou studied physical education atChengdu Sport University.[2]
Zou competed at the2017 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, where he helped China win team gold.[2] Individually he won gold on parallel bars and rings, as well as silver on pommel horse.[2] Later that year Zou competed at the2017 World Championships in Montreal, Canada, where he won gold on parallel bars, earning his first World title.[2]
At the2018 Asian Games Zou helped China win team gold.[2] Individually he placed first on parallel bars and second on pommel horse.[2] At the2018 World Championships he helped China win team gold ahead of Russia and defended his title on the parallel bars.[2]
In 2019, Zou competed at theWorld Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where he helped China win team silver.[2] He failed to qualify for the parallel bars event final after an error in qualifying and was therefore unable to defend his title.[3][4] He did qualify to the pommel horse final where he ultimately finished fourth.[2]
Zou was named to the team to compete at the2020 Olympic Games inTokyo alongside includingSun Wei,Xiao Ruoteng, andLin Chaopan.[5] During the team final they won bronze with a combined score of 262.397, 0.606 points behind the winning Russian Olympic Committee team.[6] Zou won Olympic gold on parallel bars with a score of 16.233,[7] the highest score and widest margin of victory (0.533) posted by any gymnast in any event at the Tokyo Olympics.[8][9]
Zou competed at the2022 World Championships in Liverpool. During the qualification round he successfully competed a new skill on rings.[10] During the team final he helped China win gold.[11] During event finals he won silver on rings behindAdem Asil[12] and gold on parallel bars. His score in the parallel bars final of 16.166 was the highest score posted by a gymnast at the competition.[13]
In the summer of 2023 Zou competed at the postponed2021 World University Games where he helped China win team gold. Individually he won gold on parallel bars, silver on rings, and placed fourth on pommel horse.[14] In the fall, the Chinese-hosted postponed2022 Asian Games were scheduled to take place around the same time as the2023 World Championships. Due to this, the Chinese Gymnastics Federation opted to send their best athletes to the Asian Games; as a result Zou was unable to defend his World title. At the Asian Games Zou helped China win team gold and individually he won gold on parallel bars.[15]
Zou was selected to represent China at the2024 Summer Olympics alongsideLiu Yang,Su Weide,Xiao Ruoteng, andZhang Boheng.[16] During the qualification round China qualified to the team final in first, 2.434 points ahead of their rivals Japan;[17] as a result they were expected to win the gold medal. During the team final China went into the final rotation with a 3.267 point lead; however after Zou's teammate Su fell twice, Japan was able to capitalize on the mistakes leaving China with the silver medal.[18] During the individual event finals Zou won silver on rings behind compatriot Liu and successfully defended his Olympic title on the parallel bars.[19][20]
| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| 2014 | Pacific Rim Championships | 4 |  |  | |||||
| 2016 | Pacific Rim Championships | | 5 | ||||||
| Chinese Championships | | ||||||||
| 2017 | Melbourne World Cup | |  | | |||||
| Doha World Cup | 7 | | | ||||||
| Asian Championships | | | | | |||||
| World Championships | — | | |||||||
| 2018 | Doha World Cup | | | | |||||
| Chinese Championships | 11 | | |||||||
| Asian Games | | | | ||||||
| World Championships | | | |||||||
| 2019 | Doha World Cup | 7 | | ||||||
| Chinese Championships | | 6 | | ||||||
| Zhaoqing World Challenge Cup | | | |||||||
| World Championships | | 4 | |||||||
| 2020 | Chinese Championships | | | ||||||
| 2021 | Chinese Championships | 8 | 5 | | |||||
| Olympic Trials | | | | ||||||
| Olympic Games | | | |||||||
| Chinese National Games | 9 | | 6 | | |||||
| 2022 | Chinese Championships | | |||||||
| World Championships | | | | ||||||
| 2023 | Chinese Championships | 5 | 4 | | |||||
| World University Games | | 6 | | | |||||
| Asian Games | | 6 | | ||||||
| 2024 | Baku World Cup | | | ||||||
| Chinese Championships | 6 | | | | |||||
| Olympic Games | | | | ||||||
| 2025 | Chinese Championships | 8 | | ||||||
| World Championships | |
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Asian Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Rings | |
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Asian Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Parallel Bars | |
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