| Zhang Hongtao | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Zhang Hongtao | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 9, 1986 Xi'an, Shaanxi |
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| Height | 1.65m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | Since 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zhang Hongtao (Chinese: 张宏涛), born on 9 April 1986, is a Chinese gymnast. He is a specialist on pommel horse.
In Chinese national level competition, Zhang has made many achievements for the Shanghai team. She obtained a bronze medal on pommel horse at the 10th Chinese national games and was selected a national team member since then. He also won gold in the 2007 national championships, and a silver on the same appraratus at the 11th Chinese national games in 2009, behind multiple world pommel horse champion Xiao Qin.[1]
Zhang's first international competition was the 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He qualified 3rd into the pommel horse event final with a score of 9.712.[2] In the event final, he scored 9.475 and finished 6th on pommel horse.[3] In 2009, Zhang became the world champion on pommel horse in the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, qualified first into the event final and finished with a score of 16.200.[4]