You Hao | |
Full Name: | You Hao |
Birth Date: | 26 April 1992 |
Birth Place: | Xuzhou, Jiangsu |
Residence: | Beijing |
Discipline: | MAG |
Level: | Senior |
Club: | National Team |
Headcoach: | Huang Yubin |
Show-Medals: | yes |
You Hao (; born April 26, 1992[1]) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He competed for the Chinese national team at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2013, 2014 and 2015. He became the World Champion on parallel bars at the 2015 World Championships.
You competed for China at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]
You made his senior debut at world level at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, where he finished fourth on parallel bars with a score of 15.500.[3]
At the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China, You contributed to the team's first-place finish in parallel bars.[4] Individually, he tied with Denis Ablyazin to win a bronze medal on rings with a score of 15.700.[5]
In 2015, You competed at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow. In the team final, You competed again on pommel horse (14.666), rings (15.633) and parallel bars (15.933), contributing to the Chinese team's third-place finish behind Japan and Great Britain.[6] In the event finals, You claimed the world champion title on parallel bars, scoring a massive 16.216, the highest score on this apparatus throughout the whole competition.[7] This was also the only gold medal won by the Chinese men's team at this World Championship.[8] He also won a silver medal on rings behind Greek Eleftherios Petrounias, with a score of 15.733.[9]