Zhang Hongtao Explained

Zhang Hongtao
Fullname:Zhang Hongtao
Birth Date:1986 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Xi'an, Shaanxi
Height:1.65m
Discipline:MAG
Level:Senior
Natlteam:Since 2005
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Zhang Hongtao (; born 9 April 1986), is a Chinese gymnast. He is a specialist on the pommel horse.

Gymnastics career

In Chinese national level competition, Zhang has made many achievements for the Shanghai team. He earned a bronze medal on pommel horse at the 10th Chinese national games and was selected a national team member since then. He also won gold in the 2007 national championships, and a silver on the same apparatus at the 11th Chinese national games in 2009, behind multiple world pommel horse champion Xiao Qin.[1]

Zhang's first international competition was the 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He qualified 3rd into the pommel horse event final with a score of 9.712.[2] In the event final, he scored 9.475 and finished 6th on pommel horse.[3] In 2009, Zhang became the world champion on pommel horse in the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, qualified first into the event final and finished with a score of 16.200.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 全运会体操单项赛陈一冰失金 肖钦力压张宏涛卫冕 . 中国体育报. 2010-08-02.
  2. Web site: List of Qualifiers Apparatus . Gymnastics Results. 2010-08-02.
  3. Web site: 38th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Men. Gymnastics Results. 2010-08-02.
  4. Web site: 体操世锦赛中国终获首金 鞍马张宏涛力挫群雄夺冠. 新浪体育. 2010-08-02.