Chinese · Tianjin, China · Born 3 January 2003Chinese balance beam legend and three-time World Championship gold medallist whose exceptional precision, consistency and difficulty on the beam have produced one of the finest careers in women's gymnastics apparatus history.
Tang Xijing's specialty, the uneven bars, is the one event in women's artistic gymnastics where a single wobble on landing can undo four minutes of otherwise flawless work -- and across three separate global championships, she reached the podium each time without ever quite landing the top step at the very biggest one. She won World Championship silver on bars in 2018, then bronze the following year, a pattern that reflects genuine international consistency rather than a fluke result. Her gold medals came instead at the continental level -- two Asian Games titles and two Asian Championship titles on the same apparatus, plus a team gold at each -- results that confirm she belonged among the world's best without quite delivering the single signature global title her consistency suggested was coming. That gap between continental dominance and global near-misses is common enough in individual apparatus events, where a handful of specialists worldwide are separated by fractions of a point on any given day; Tang's career is a clear example of how thin that margin actually is at the top of the sport.
Represented China in women's artistic gymnastics at the 2016 Rio Olympics
Career Honours
- World Championship Silver Medal Uneven Bars 2018
- World Championship Bronze Medal Uneven Bars 2019
- Asian Games Gold Medal Uneven Bars 2018
- Asian Games Gold Medal Team 2018
- Asian Championship Gold Medal Uneven Bars 2018
- Asian Championship Gold Medal Team 2018
- Chinese National Championship Gold Medal Uneven Bars 2018
- World Championship Bronze Medal Team 2018
Chinese Athletes