Feng Zhe

Feng Zhe (Chinese冯 喆/冯 喆, Pinyin Feng Zhe; born November 19, 1987 in Sichuan ) is a Chinese gymnast. His greatest successes so far are the Olympic victories in 2012 on the parallel bars and with the team and winning three world titles in the same disciplines. At a height of 1.60 meters his competition weight is below 60 kg.

Career

With the gymnastics Feng Zhe began from the year 1991. Three years later, he coached gymnastics in Chengdu. In 2004 he was appointed to the Chinese Gymnastics National team of seniors.

International Feng Zhe entered for the first time in October 2005 at the DTB Cup in Stuttgart in appearance. There he took on the parallel bars in the victory of the Slovenian Mitja Petkovšek ( 9.712 points) with 9,687 points, close second place. 2006 Feng succeeded in July at the World Cup at home in Shanghai with 16,375 points his first victory on the parallel bars, which would become his special equipment in the following years. In his second participation in the DTB Cup in October, he was unable to repeat the performance in the previous year and missed the apparatus finals on parallel bars, and finished at the bottom of one eighth.

In 2007 to Feng's hitherto successful year. In March he won at the Internationaux de France in Paris his second World Cup victory parade on his device and finished the short subsequent Tournament of Champions in Cottbus with 15.825 points ranked second behind his compatriot Teng Haibin ( 16,000 points). In July Feng repeated in Shanghai 's World Cup victory of the previous year on the parallel bars, also won the competition on vault there and took a second place on the ground. In November at the Grand Prix in Glasgow Feng was beaten former world champion Petkovšek ( 16,250 points) on parallel bars with 15,800 points in turn.

In the Olympic year of 2008, Feng presented stronger than ever. At the World Cup in Doha, he won the victory on the parallel bars, where he showed the hitherto highest rated exercise with 16.400 points. In May, he won the Chinese Championship title on parallel bars and also finished third in all-around with 89.350 points third place behind Feng Jing ( 90.300 ) and Guo Weiyang ( 89.700 ). In June, he also won the World Cup in Barcelona ( 16,100 points). However, Feng was not considered for the Chinese squad at the Summer Olympics in Beijing native. There won in his absence, his compatriot Li Xiaopeng on uneven bars with 16.450 points. In November Feng won the World Cup in Stuttgart for themselves.

In 2009, Feng first part in world championships. At the championships in London, he moved as a qualification Best ( 15,950 points ) into a apparatus finals on parallel bars. There he had to give his compatriot Wang Guanyin ( 15.975 points) hit and won silver with a worse -rated exercise ( 15.775 points). The following year, Feng won the all-around and bars titles and a third on the high bar during the Chinese Spring Championships. In the following World Championships in Rotterdam Feng was first world champion in his specialist unit in front of his team-mates Teng Haibin and the Japanese all-around champion Kohei Uchimura. There were also team gold with the Chinese gymnastics team of men and a seventh place on the high bar ( 15.166 points). Previously, Feng had already competition on parallel bars and high bar can win the World Cup in Porto, while at the Chinese Championships due to a sprained ankle, his all-around title could not defend in August and the victory on points shared on uneven bars with 15.500 with Wang Guanyin. In 2011, Feng unable to match the previous international success after he won in May at the Chinese Championships at bars and jumping In second place was. At the World Championships in Tokyo drafted as a qualification with 15.508 points to Best bars final, he won the victory by the American Danell Leyva ( 15.633 points) with 15,200 points, only the seventh. Still, he could repeat the success with the Chinese team squad that was victorious ahead of Japan and the United States.

In the Olympic year 2012 Feng won in April at the World Cup at home in Zibo in his best discipline. In May he won at the Chinese championships on bars. Subsequently, he was first appointed to the Chinese Olympic team. In the Summer Games in London in July / August, he became the second most successful male gymnast behind compatriot Zou Kai ( two gold and one bronze ). Together with Zou, Chen Yibing, Zhang Guo Weiyang and Chenglong he became Olympic Champion in the team competition ahead of Japan and the UK. A few days later pulled Feng with 15.633 points behind the Japanese brothers Yusuke ( 15.866 ) and Kazuhito Tanaka ( 15,725 ) as the third best qualifying into the apparatus finals on parallel bars. There he won with 15.966 points, his second gold medal at the German Marcel Nguyen ( 15.800 points) and the Frenchman Hamilton Sabot ( 15.566 points).

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