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Cheng Fei

Cheng Fei
— Gymnast —
Full name Cheng Fei
Nickname(s) Fei Fei (菲菲)
Country represented  China
Born (1988-05-29) May 29, 1988 (age 28)
Huangshi, Hubei, China
Hometown Wuhan, Hubei
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior
Head coach(es) Lu Shanzhen
Assistant coach(es) Liu Qun Lin
Former coach(es) Yao Juying
Music Yellow River Concerto (2008)
Retired 2012

Cheng Fei (Chinese: ; pinyin: Chéng Fēi; born May 29, 1988 in Huangshi, Hubei) is a retired Chinese gymnast. She is a three-time World Champion on the vault (2005–2007) and 2006 World Champion on floor exercise. She was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese teams for the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Aarhus, Denmark and 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. She was also a member of the silver medal-winning Chinese team for the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.

Cheng Fei was born in central China's Hubei Province to a father who was a shipping clerk and a mother who worked in a tire factory, not a very wealthy background. Indeed, said her mother, "Our family was poor so we hoped Cheng Fei could in some way change her life...we thought maybe being a professional athlete is good for her." And so her parents approached a gymnastics coach about training her by the time she was three and her father practiced calisthenics with her every morning before school. By the age of five, Cheng won her first competitive medal at a local competition. The 7-year-old Cheng was sent to Wuhan, where she joined the Wuhan Institute of Physical Education and officially entered the national sports program. Her first coach, Yao Juying remembered her as being uniquely 'hard-working' and extraordinarily focused. At ten, she was invited to join the Hubei provincial team. In late 2001, at the age of 13, she was accepted to the Chinese National Team. Her coaches are head coach Lu Shanzhen, and Liu Qun Lin.


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