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 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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
- 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.
- Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2018 Chinese Championships Men's Results . The Gymternet . 13 August 2024 . 14 May 2018.
- Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2019 Chinese Championships Men's Results . The Gymternet . 13 August 2024 . 18 May 2019.
- Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2021 Chinese National Games Men's Results . The Gymternet . 13 August 2024 . 26 September 2021.
- Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2022 Chinese Championships Men's Results . The Gymternet . 13 August 2024 . 11 September 2022.
- Web site: In outrageous about-face, Chinese men clinch World team title . . 7 August 2024 . 2 November 2022.
- Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2023 Chinese Championships Men's Results . The Gymternet . 14 August 2024 . 28 May 2023.
- Web site: China Clinches Team Championship, Japan Takes Individual Crown in Opening Day of Asian Senior Gymnastics Championships . . 13 August 2024 . 16 June 2023.
- 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.
- Web site: Bregman . Scott . Zhang Boheng, Hashimoto Daiki set for another clash at the 2023 World University Games . . 7 August 2024 . 28 July 2023.
- Web site: Crumlish . John . With a haul of nine golds, Chinese gymnasts dominate World University Games . . 7 August 2024 . 6 August 2023.
- News: China wins the men's team silver at Gymnastics Worlds. Xinhua. 30 May 2024. 4 October 2023.
- Web site: Calm amidst a storm of attention, Biles sails smoothly to two more World golds . . 13 August 2024 . 8 October 2023.
- Web site: Weekend Recap: MAG/WAG DTB Pokal Team Challenge and Mixed Cup; RG Aphrodite Cup . . 12 July 2024 . 18 March 2024.
- Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2024 Chinese Championships Men's Results . The Gymternet . 14 August 2024 . 30 April 2024.
- 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.
- Web site: China dominates Men's Artistic Gymnastics qualifications . . 7 August 2024 . 27 July 2024.
- 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.
- Web site: Dramatic finish sweeps Japanese men to Paris 2024 Olympic team title . . 13 August 2024 . 29 July 2024.
- News: Tétrault-Farber . Gabrielle . Wu . Kane . Chinese gymnasts devastated after letting team gold slip through . . 6 August 2024 . 29 July 2024.
- Web site: 6 August 2024 . Paris Olympics: Su Weide again sorry after blunders cost China gymnastics gold . 7 August 2024 . . en.