Wang Zisai (; born 18 June 2006) is a Chinese

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. He is the 2024 Olympic and 2023 World silver medalist in individual trampoline.

Early life

Wang was born on 18 June 2006 in

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and began trampoline gymnastics when he was four years old. He joined the Jiangxu provincial team in 2015 and was selected to join the national trampoline team in December 2021.

Career

Wang competed at the 2022 World Age Group Competitions in

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and won the silver medal in the individual event for the 15-16 age group behind Portugal's Gabriel Albuquerque. Wang made his senior international debut at the 2023 Santarem World Cup, winning the silver medal behind teammate

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. He then competed at the Coimbra World Cup despite a flare-up in his right ankle, and he won the gold medal with the highest difficulty score of the competition. He once again won the gold medal at the Palm Beach World Cup with the highest difficulty and execution scores of the field. Wang then won the silver medal behind Yan at the Varna World Cup. He was the overall winner of the 2023

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series. He then competed at the

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, which were held in 2023 due to the

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, and only finished eighth in the final despite qualifying in first place. He ended the season at the 2023 World Championships in

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with a silver medal behind Yan by only 0.010 points. Wang began the 2024 season at the Baku World Cup where he won the gold medal by only 0.17 points ahead of Yan. He then lost to Yan at the Cottbus World Cup by only 0.07 points. Wang represented

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, and he won the silver medal in the individual event behind Ivan Litvinovich and ahead of Yan. He noted after the competition that he was happy with the results and his performance, and he is aiming to compete at the

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* {{sports links 2006 births Living people 21st-century Chinese sportsmen Sportspeople from Xuzhou Gymnasts from Jiangsu Chinese male trampolinists Medalists at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for China Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 2022 Asian Games