Xiao Qin

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xiao.

Xiao Qin
Personal information
Full name	Xiao Qin
Born	(1985-01-12) January 12, 1985 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	China
Head coach(es)	Huang Yubin
Assistant coach(es)	Jin Weiguo
Medal record Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team 2008 Beijing Pommel Horse World Championships 2003 Anaheim Team 2005 Melbourne Pommel Horse 2006 Aarhus Team 2006 Aarhus Pommel Horse 2007 Stuttgart Team 2007 Stuttgart Pommel Horse 2001 Ghent Pommel Horse 2002 Debrecen Pommel Horse Asian Games 2006 Asian Games Team

Xiao Qin (simplified Chinese: 肖钦; traditional Chinese: 肖欽; pinyin: Xiào Qīn; born January 12, 1985) is a Chinese gymnast. He specializes in the horizontal bar and parallel bars, but is best known for his work on the pommel horse for which he has won Olympic, world, national, East Asian Games, and World Cup titles. He joined the China national team in 1999 and is part of the People's Liberation Army.

Competitive highlights

He has qualified for two Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Xiao Qin was one of the favorites for the Olympic title on pommel horse, but his dreams were shattered when he fell during the qualification round. He qualified for the horizontal bar event final but placed 6th. It was also a disappointing Olympics for his team favored to win gold but instead finished 5th. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, he redeemed himself by winning gold on the pommel horse along with gold for his team.

Year	Competition Description	Location	Apparatus	Rank-Final	Score-Final	Rank-Qualifying	Score-Qualifying
2001	World Championships	Ghent	Team	5	165.260	7	218.296
			Pommel Horse	2	9.775
2002	World Championships	Debrecen	Pommel Horse	2	9.750	2	9.737
2003	World Cup/Series	Thessaloniki	Pommel Horse	4	9.025	4	9.100
	World Championships	Anaheim	Team	1	171.996	3	225.119
			Pommel Horse	7	9.350
2004	World Cup/Series	Ghent	Pommel Horse	1	9.925
			Parallel Bars	7	9.325
			Horizontal Bar	3	9.612
		Glasgow	Pommel Horse	1	9.900
	World Cup/Series Final	Birmingham	Pommel Horse	1	9.825
			Horizontal Bar	8	8.200
	Olympic Games	Athens	Team	5	171.257	4	229.507
			Pommel Horse			44	9.337
			Horizontal Bar	6	9.737	4	9.750
2005	World Championships	Melbourne	All around			56	28.974
			Pommel Horse	1	9.850	1	9.800
			Horizontal Bar	6	9.362	2	9.687
			Parallel Bars			19	9.487
2006	World Cup/Series Final	São Paulo	Pommel Horse	1	16.100
	World Cup/Series	Shanghai	Pommel Horse	1	16.300
		Ghent	Pommel Horse	1	15.975
	World Championships	Aarhus	Team	1	277.775	1	372.250
			All around			193	61.875
			Pommel Horse	1	16.025	1	16.175
			Horizontal Bar			86	14.250
			Parallel Bars			11	15.675
2007	World Cup/Series	Shanghai	Pommel Horse	1	15.325
			Horizontal Bar	3	15.475
	World Championships	Stuttgart	Team	1	281.900	1	374.275
			All around			131	77.225
			Pommel Horse	1	16.300	1	16.275
			Horizontal Bar			12	15.100
			Parallel Bars			14	15.875
			Floor Exercise			98	14.300
2008	World Cup/Series	Tianjin	Pommel Horse	1	16.375
	Olympic Games	Beijing	Team	1	286.125	1	374.675
			All around			46	76.700
			Pommel Horse	1	15.875	1	16.175
			Horizontal Bar			56	14.375
			Parallel Bars			18	15.150
			Floor Exercise			56	14.375

References

• Sohu Profile (in Chinese)
• 2008 Team China Profile

External links

• Xiao Qin at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Xiao Qin at Olympics.com
• Xiao Qin at Olympedia (archive)