Cheng Fei

Cheng Fei (Chinese程 菲, Pinyin Cheng Fei, born 29 May 1988 in Huangshi ) is a Chinese gymnast. With five world titles and an Olympic gold medal, it is the most successful Chinese gymnast.

Life

Cheng Fei was born in Hubei Province in simple ratios. In Huangshi she began at the age of four years with the gymnastics. Her parents sent her to a state gymnastics school, as they held a career as a professional athlete for a possible way out of poverty. In 1997, Cheng Fei at a sports school in Wuhan. In 1997 she was one of the first squad of the gymnastics teams of Hubei Province, before she made ​​the jump to the Chinese national team in 2001.

Your first international competition contested Cheng Fei at the 2003 Asian Championships, where she won with the team on vault and floor. In 2004 she made ​​her first appearance in the World Cup. In the same year, she was seventh at the Olympic Games in Athens with the Chinese team and fourth in the individual competition at the bottom. Your rating at the bottom sparked protests from the public, as this would be better classified Cheng Fei.

In 2005, Cheng Fei World Champion on vault, their special discipline. This success could be repeated in 2006 and 2007. In addition, it was founded in 2006 in Aarhus World Champion on the floor and in the team all-around.

After the success of 2006, Cheng Fei struggled with weight problems and a decline in regenerative capacity. As a result of these problems, it was to no longer display on the vaulting table in a position named after her jump. This is a Rondat on the springboard, followed by Flick Flack half rotation in the first phase of flight and a layout fwd with one and a half twists in the second phase of flight.

Through hard training and an existing mainly of water and fruit diet succeeded Cheng Fei 2008 to connect with their old performance. She won at the Olympic Games in Beijing with their teammates in the team all-around gold. At their parade unit, the jump, Cheng Fei was considered the favorite in the race, could after a fall during the landing of their self-created jump, Cheng, however, the only win the bronze medal. At the bottom it also crashed and finished in seventh place. On the last day of the Olympic gymnastics competition in Beijing Cheng Fei won a bronze medal on beam.

After a torn ACL Cheng Fei had to cancel participation in the 2009 World Championships in London.

Cheng Fei lives and trains in Beijing.