Zhang Chenglong ( zh, c=张成龙, p=Zhāng Chénglóng; born May 12, 1989) is a Chinese gymnast. He competed for the national team at the

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in the Men's artistic team all-around and helped win the team gold medal.

World Championships and Asian Games

At both the

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, in

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, and

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, in

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, Zhang won gold with the Chinese Team, and was able to also win gold at the

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, in both international events, and gold at the

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. Zou Kai, the Olympic and World Champion in these events was left out of the team that year. At the

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, in

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, he again won gold in the Team competition, but couldn't retain his title on the horizontal bar, finishing second in the final to Zou Kai, who recaptured his title in that event. He also tied for second on parallel bars.

Summer Olympics

At the

, Zhang helped the Chinese team win the gold medal in the Men's artistic team all-around. He also competed in event finals of horizontal bar and parallel bars but finished off the podium in both events. At the

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, he was part of the Chinese team that won bronze in the men's team event.

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* * 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Zibo Gymnasts from Shandong Chinese male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for China Olympic medalists in gymnastics Olympic gold medalists for China Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for China Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Gymnasts at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in gymnastics Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 21st-century Chinese sportsmen {{PRChina-sport-bio-stub

World Championships and Asian Games

Summer Olympics

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