| Hu Xuwei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 February 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Guangxi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | People's Republic of China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Guangxi Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Zheng Hao | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hu Xuwei (Chinese: 胡旭威; pinyin: Hú Xùwēi; born 25 February 1997)[1] is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He competed in the 2019 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, winning gold medals in both the team event and the Horizontal bar final and winning silver in the all-around and parallel bar finals.[2] At the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships he qualified in third for the parallel bars event and second for the horizontal bar event.[3] He went on to win both the Parallel Bar final and the Horizontal Bar final;[4] becoming the first athlete to hold both bar titles in a single World Championship since Boris Shakhlin in the 1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[5][6][7]
References[edit]
- ^ "50th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Entry List (Men)". Longines Timing. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Hu Xuwei". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Melnikova tops all-around qualifying at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships". insidethegames. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Hu Xuwei beats Olympic champ for horizontal bar gold at gymnastics worlds". CBC. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ "MEN'S PARALLEL BARS FINAL - RESULTS". gym.longinestiming. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ "MEN'S HORIZONTAL BAR FINAL - RESULTS". gym.longinestiming. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ "Hu Xuwei wins horizontal bar, Kohei Uchimura shines at gymnastics world championships". ESPN. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
