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 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Zhang Hongtao (; born 9 April 1986), is a Chinese gymnast. He is a specialist on the pommel horse.
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]