Chinese artistic gymnast
Hu Xuwei |
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Born | (1997-02-25) 25 February 1997 (age 27) |
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Hometown | Guangxi |
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Country represented | China |
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Years on national team | People's Republic of China |
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Level | Senior International Elite |
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Club | Guangxi Province |
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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]