Zou Kai

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zou.
Zou Kai
Personal information
Full name Zou Kai
Country represented  China
Born February 25, 1988 (1988-02-25) (age 24)
Luzhou, Sichuan
Height 157 centimetres (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior
Club China National School
Head coach(es) Bai Yuanshao
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold 2008 Beijing Team
Gold 2008 Beijing Floor
Gold 2008 Beijing High Bar
World Championships
Gold 2011 Tokyo Team
Gold 2011 Tokyo High Bar
Gold 2009 London High Bar
Gold 2007 Stuttgart Team
Gold 2006 Aarhus Team
Silver 2011 Tokyo Floor
Silver 2009 London Floor
Asian Games
Gold 2006 Doha Team

Zou Kai (simplified Chinese: 邹凯; traditional Chinese: 鄒凱; pinyin: Zōu Kǎi; born February 25, 1988 in Luzhou, Sichuan) is a Chinese gymnast. He was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the 2006 Asian Games. Zou won three gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and as a result was nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year in 2009.

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Career

2008 Summer Olympics

On his Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he contributed to the team's gold and also won unexpected individual gold medals at the Floor Exercise and the Horizontal Bar scoring 16.050[2] and 16.200 respectively. Zou is the second Chinese Olympian to receive three gold medals at a single Olympic Games (Li Ning first achieved this feat at the 1984 Summer Olympics). As a specialist of the Chinese Men's Gymnastics team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Zou has strengths in both the Floor Exercise and the Horizontal Bar, although he is working towards becoming an All-Around gymnast.

Future Plans

During an interview with Liu Xuan (female Olympic Chinese gymnast), when asked if he will train to be an all-around gymnast he replied, "My talents are limited, but if I can learn more to become one then I will learn more."

Charitable Work

Zou Kai who is a Sichuan native plans to auction off his gold medal win for Floor Exercise and donate all proceeds to relief funds of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.[3] Out of the three gold medals he won at the 2008 Summer Olympics he chose the medal won during his Floor Exercise routine for its special purpose since only two Chinese gymnasts have ever won it (Li Ning and Li Xiaoshuang).

References

  1. ^ Zou Kai at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
  2. ^ "China's Zou captures floor gold" Reuters, August 17, 2008
  3. ^ "Chen Yibing, Zou Kai exclusive visit to Hong Kong (29-8-2008)"