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Name:Lou Yun
Gender:M
Date of birth::June 23, 1964
Place of birth::Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Height:1.58m
Weight:53kg
Sport: Gymnastics |
Personal best:
1984 & 1988 Olympic Games - Twice 1st vaulting horse
Sports career:
Took up gymnastics in Hangzhou Spare-time Sports School in 1973. Entered the Zhejiang provincial spare-time sports school for systematic training that same time. Joined the national team for intensified training in 1977.
High performances:
1981 Japan International Gymnastics Invitational - 1st floor exercise & vaulting horse
1982 New Delhi Asian Games - 1st vaulting horse
1983 World University Games - 1st vaulting horse
1983 World Championships - 1st team & parallel bars
1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games - 1st vaulting horse, 2nd team & floor exercise, 4th horizontal bar
1986 Seoul Asian Games - 1st vaulting horse
1987 World Championships - 1st floor exercise & vaulting horse
1988 Seoul Olympic Games - 1st vaulting horse
Known as "King of Vaulting Horse"
Honours:
1982 - Awarded the title of Master of Sports
1984 & 1987 - Twice awarded National Sports Medal of Honour by the State Physical Culture and Sports Commission
1985 - Awarded the title of International Master of Sports
1987-1988 - Twice selected one of National Top Ten Athletes
1989 - Voted one of 40 Sports Stars in 40 years since the founding of new China in 1949
In his 16-year sports career as a gymnast Lou Yun clinched more than 40 titles in the vaulting horse event, including three at the world championships.
At Present:
Doing business after retirement
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