Su Weide Explained

Su Weide
Birth Date:2000 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Zibo, Shandong, China[1]
Discipline:MAG
Level:Senior International Elite
Club:Shandong Province
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Su Weide (; born 19 March 2000) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He represented China at the 2024 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the team event. He also won a silver medal with the Chinese team at the 2023 World Championships, where he also won a bronze medal on the horizontal bar. He received a gold medal as the team alternate at the 2022 World Championships. He won a bronze medal on the floor exercise at the 2023 Asian Championships.

Career

At the 2018 Chinese Championships, Su won a silver medal on the floor exercise.[2] He then finished sixth on the floor exercise at the 2019 Chinese Championships.[3] At the 2021 National Games of China, he won a gold medal in the floor exercise final.[4]

Su won a silver medal on the floor exercise at the 2022 Chinese Championships behind Zhang Boheng.[5] He was the team alternate for the 2022 World Championships where the Chinese team won the gold medal.[6]

2023

At the Chinese Championships, Su won a silver medal in the floor exercise final and placed fifth in the horizontal bar final.[7] He was a member of the Chinese team that won the gold medal at the Asian Championships.[8] He also won a bronze medal on the floor exercise.[9] He then competed at the World University Games and won a gold medal with the Chinese team.[10] [11]

Su competed at the World Championships alongside Lin Chaopan, Liu Yang, Sun Wei, and You Hao. The team won a silver medal behind Japan after Su fell off the horizontal bar twice.[12] Individually, Su qualified for the horizontal bar final and won the bronze medal behind Daiki Hashimoto and Tin Srbić.[13]

2024

Su competed at the DTB Pokal Stuttgart and won a bronze medal with the Chinese team.[14] Then at the Chinese Championships, he won a gold medal on the floor exercise and placed eighth on the horizontal bar final.[15] Su was initially the team alternate for the 2024 Summer Olympics. However, he was added to the team after Sun Wei withdrew due to injury.[16] He competed alongside Liu Yang, Zhang Boheng, Xiao Ruoteng, and Zou Jingyuan, and the team qualified first for the team final.[17] However, in the team final, Su fell off the horizontal bar twice,[18] causing the team to lose to Japan narrowly.[19] [20] He also fell in the horizontal bar final, finishing in fifth place. He apologized for his mistakes on the Chinese social media platform Douyin.[21]

Notes and References

  1. News: 创城淄博在行动 全运冠军苏炜德为全国文明城市淄博代言 . Zibo is in action to create a civilized city - National Games champion Su Weide endorses Zibo, a national civilized city . 4 October 2021. Dazhong Daily. zh . 13 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2018 Chinese Championships Men’s Results . The Gymternet . 13 August 2024 . 14 May 2018.
  3. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2019 Chinese Championships Men’s Results . The Gymternet . 13 August 2024 . 18 May 2019.
  4. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2021 Chinese National Games Men’s Results . The Gymternet . 13 August 2024 . 26 September 2021.
  5. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2022 Chinese Championships Men’s Results . The Gymternet . 13 August 2024 . 11 September 2022.
  6. Web site: In outrageous about-face, Chinese men clinch World team title . . 7 August 2024 . 2 November 2022.
  7. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2023 Chinese Championships Men’s Results . The Gymternet . 14 August 2024 . 28 May 2023.
  8. Web site: China Clinches Team Championship, Japan Takes Individual Crown in Opening Day of Asian Senior Gymnastics Championships . . 13 August 2024 . 16 June 2023.
  9. Web site: Crumlish . John . China’s Zhang, Philippines’ Yulo grab half of the titles in Asian Championship apparatus finals . . 13 August 2024 . 18 June 2023.
  10. Web site: Bregman . Scott . Zhang Boheng, Hashimoto Daiki set for another clash at the 2023 World University Games . . 7 August 2024 . 28 July 2023.
  11. Web site: Crumlish . John . With a haul of nine golds, Chinese gymnasts dominate World University Games . . 7 August 2024 . 6 August 2023.
  12. News: China wins the men's team silver at Gymnastics Worlds. Xinhua. 30 May 2024. 4 October 2023.
  13. Web site: Calm amidst a storm of attention, Biles sails smoothly to two more World golds . . 13 August 2024 . 8 October 2023.
  14. Web site: Weekend Recap: MAG/WAG DTB Pokal Team Challenge and Mixed Cup; RG Aphrodite Cup . . 12 July 2024 . 18 March 2024.
  15. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2024 Chinese Championships Men’s Results . The Gymternet . 14 August 2024 . 30 April 2024.
  16. Web site: 中国体操队队员孙炜受伤退出奥运阵容，小将苏炜德替补参赛. Chinese gymnastics team member Sun Wei was injured and withdrew from the Olympic team. Su Weide will be the substitute. 25 July 2024. zh. China Youth Daily. 13 August 2024.
  17. Web site: China dominates Men's Artistic Gymnastics qualifications . . 7 August 2024 . 27 July 2024.
  18. News: Carayol . Tumaini . 29 July 2024 . Japan take gymnastics gold after China meltdown as Team GB finish fourth . 7 August 2024 . . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  19. Web site: Dramatic finish sweeps Japanese men to Paris 2024 Olympic team title . . 13 August 2024 . 29 July 2024.
  20. News: Tétrault-Farber . Gabrielle . Wu . Kane . Chinese gymnasts devastated after letting team gold slip through . . 6 August 2024 . 29 July 2024.
  21. Web site: 6 August 2024 . Paris Olympics: Su Weide again sorry after blunders cost China gymnastics gold . 7 August 2024 . . en.

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