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Chinese artistic gymnast
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Huang Liping
Born1972
Wuhan
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented China
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team competition
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Brisbane Parallel bars
Gold medal – first place 1995 Sabae Team
Silver medal – second place 1995 Sabae Parallel bars

Huang Liping (Chinese: 黄力平, born January 1972 in Wuhan, Hubei, China) is a gymnastics magistrate and former Chinese gymnast.

Competitive career

Huang started as an amateur in 1978, joining the Hubei team in 1985, and was selected to China's national gymnastics team the following year. He won gold medals in the team all-around, individual all-around, high bar and parallel bars at the 1993 National Gymnastics Games, and went on to win several medals at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he won a silver medal with the Chinese team and finished sixth on the parallel bars.

Retirement

Retiring after the 1996 games, Huang became the youngest world-class gymnastics magistrate in China. In 1998, he was named the Chinese national gymnastics coach, replacing Li Ning in that position.

Beijing 2008

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Huang took the Olympic Oath for judges at the Beijing National Stadium during the Opening Ceremonies.

References

  • Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Gymnastics (Men)". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press, Limited. pp. 682, 699.

External links

World Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Team Competition
1995:  China (CHN), Fan Bin, Fan Hongbin, Huang Huadong, Huang Liping, Li Xiaoshuang, Shen Jian, Zhang Jinjing
World Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Parallel Bars
Asian Games Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Parallel Bars
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