Deng Linlin
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| Full name | Deng Linlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 China
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| Born |
April 21, 1992 Lixin, Anhui, China |
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| Hometown | Fuyang, Anhui, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Beijing, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height |
146 cm (4 ft 9 in) Weight: 31kg/68pounds |
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Xiong Jingbin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Zhang Xia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Music | Colette Shows Him Le Ropes (2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | October 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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146 cm (4 ft 9 in)
Deng Linlin (simplified Chinese: 邓琳琳; traditional Chinese: 鄧琳琳; pinyin: Dèng Línlín; pronounced [də̂ŋ lǐnlǐn]; born April 21, 1992, in Lixin, Anhui), is a retired Chinese gymnast. She was a member of the Chinese team that won the team gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, People's Republic of China, and is a three-time World Cup gold medalist. She is the 2009 World Champion and 2012 Olympic champion on balance beam.
Deng Linlin began her gymnastics career in Fuyang, Anhui (her family moved from Lixin to Fuyang in 1998), at the Anhui Fuyang Sports School and later attended the Anhui Provincial Sports School. She was selected to the Chinese national team in 2004.
Deng made her international competitive debut in 2008, when she competed in several events on the World Cup circuit. At the World Cup meet in Doha in March, she won the gold medal on the balance beam and placed second on floor exercise behind her teammate Jiang Yuyuan. At the World Cup in Moscow, Deng won gold medals on both beam and floor.
At the 2008 Chinese National Championships, Deng finished in third place in the all-around, behind Jiang Yuyuan and Yang Yilin and also placed third on vault.
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