Deng Senyue

Deng Senyue
— Gymnast —
Nickname(s)	Yueyue
Country represented	China
Born	(1992-02-05) February 5, 1992 Liuzhou, Guangxi Province
Hometown	Liuzhou
Height	160 centimetres (5 ft 3 in)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Head coach(es)	Yan Yunwen
Assistant coach(es)	Liu Chang
World ranking	29 (2013 Season)[1] 18 (2012 Season)[2] 52 (2011 Season)[3]
Medal record Competitor for  China Rhythmic Gymnastics Summer Universiade Bronze 2011 Shenzhen Hoop Asian Championships Gold 2013 Tashkent Ball Gold 2013 Tashkent Ribbon Silver 2013 Tashkent Hoop Silver 2013 Tashkent Clubs Silver 2011 Astana Ball Silver 2011 Astana Hoop Bronze 2013 Tashkent All-around Bronze 2013 Tashkent Team Bronze 2011 Astana All-around National Games Gold 2013 Liaoning All-around Gold 2009 Shandong All-around

Deng Senyue (Chinese: 邓森悦; born 5 February 1992 in Liuzhou, Guangxi Province China ) is a Chinese individual rhythmic gymnast.^[4] She is China's most successful rhythmic gymnast.

Career

Deng started rhythmic gymnastics at 6 years old, In 1999, she went to Beijing to pursue gymnastics and was recruited by the China Rhythmic Gymnastics Team. She made her senior international debut at the 2007 Aeon Cup.

In 2009, Deng won the gold medal at the 11th National Games, raising her national ranking to first. She finished 21st in the All-around final at the 2010 World Championships in Moscow, Russia. Deng won a bronze medal in Hoop at the 2011 Summer Universiade and won the bronze medal in all-around at the 2011 Asian Championships, She then represented China at the 2011 World Championships where she finished 13th in the All-around.

She competed in the individual all-around event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, she narrowly missed the finals placing 11th in the qualifications and did not advanced into the Top 10 finals.^[5]

Deng won her first World Cup series medal at the 2013 World Cup in Lisbon, Portugal, a bronze in the ribbon final (she became the first Chinese rhythmic gymnast to medal at the World Cup series). Deng competed at the 2013 Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan where she won the all-around bronze medal with Team China winning the bronze medal. At the finals, Deng became the first Chinese rhythmic gymnast to win 2 gold medals, in ball and in ribbon final ahead of Korean Son Yeon-Jae, she also won silver in clubs and hoop. Deng competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade where she finished 8th in all-around and qualified in all 4 event apparatus finals. Deng competed at the 2013 World Games in Cali where she finished 4th in clubs final behind Alina Maksymenko. She then competed at the 2013 World Championships in Kiev, Ukraine where she qualified to 2 event finals, she finished 8th in hoop and 5th in clubs ahead of Son Yeon-Jae. Deng became the first Chinese rhythmic gymnast to place in the Top 5 at the World Championships by finishing 4th in the All-around at the 2013 World Championships scoring a total of 70.374 points putting her ahead of Korean Son Yeon-Jae. Deng won her second Nationals Games title in Liaoning.

Achievements

• First Chinese rhythmic gymnast and third Asian to place in Top 5 at Worlds finishing 4th in All-around at the 2013 World Championships held in Kiev, Ukraine.
• First Chinese rhythmic gymnast to win a medal (bronze) in the World Cup series.

Routine Music Information

References

External links

• Deng Senyue at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
• Rhythmic Gymnastics Results