Nickname
Genius Doll (chinapp.com, 03 Sep 2013)
Hobbies
Cross-stitching. (qq.com, 13 Jul 2012)
Occupation
Athlete
Spoken languages
Mandarin
Club
Fujian Province [China]
Coach
Xu Jinglei [national], CHN (mag.fznews.com.cn, 05 Feb 2015)
International senior debut
2011 for China, World Cup in Germany (qq.com, 07 May 2012)
Injuries
In February 2015 she travelled to the United States to undergo shoulder surgery. She was expected to be sidelined for 12 months. (sports.sina.com.cn, 11 Feb 2015; sports.qq.com, 31 Mar 2015)
She suffered from a foot injury while she was competing at the 2014 World Championships. (gzdaily.dayoo.com, 14 Oct 2014)
She suffered a knee injury during training in Shanghai in May 2012, which required several weeks off training. (sports.sina.com.cn, 08 May 2012)
National Team
2011 (sports.163.com, 12 Oct 2014 )
Start sporting career
She began the sport at age five in Fuzhou, China. (people.com.cn, 28 Jul 2012)
Reason for taking up the sport
She was an active girl, who enjoyed climbing. Her father thought gymnastics training would be good for her and sent her to a sports school. (sohu.com, 13 Oct 2011)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning a gold medal on uneven bars at the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, China. (sports.sina.com.cn, 12 Oct 2014)
Hero / Idol
Chinese gymnast Cheng Fei. (cntv.cn, 23 Apr 2012)
Additional information
Awards
She received the Longines Prize for Elegance at the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, China. (news.xinhuanet.com, 10 Oct 2014)
She was named a National Elite Athlete in 2011 and an international Elite Athlete in 2013 by the General Administration of Sport in China. (sport.gov.cn, 28 Jan 2011; sport.gov.cn, 05 Jan 2013)
She was a candidate for the 2014 China Central Television [CCTV] Female Athlete of Year award. (sports.163.com, 23 Dec 2014)
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