He Kexin
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Kexin on August 30, 2008
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| Full name | He Kexin (何可欣) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 China
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January 1, 1992 (see Age controversy below) Beijing, China |
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| Height | 152 cm (5 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2007, 2008, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Beijing Gymnastics Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Liu Guicheng, He Hua | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Music | Bolero by Maurice Ravel (2010–11) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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| Chinese | 何可欣 | ||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Hé Kěxīn |
| IPA | xɤ̌ kʰɤ̀ɕín |
He Kexin (born January 1, 1994) is a former Chinese artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, she won gold medals on the uneven bars and as a member of the Chinese team. She was one of only a few gymnasts to score over 17.00 under the 2005–2008 Code of Points, and her 7.7 difficulty score on bars in 2008 was one of the highest in the world.
As with several of her teammates, questions were raised in the international press when earlier reports surfaced indicating she may not have been old enough to compete in the 2008 Olympics; however, an official investigation found in her favor. She continued her success in post-Beijing Olympics period, she holds the record for the highest obtained difficulty in the entire London period. In the team final at the 2010 World Championships, she scored 16.133 with 7.4 difficulty, one of the highest score achieved in women's gymnastics between 2009 and 2012.
He Kexin began training at the Shichahai Sports School in Beijing in 1997. She participated in China's National Games in 2006 and Intercity Games in 2007. According to China Daily, Kexin was recruited for the Chinese National Team in 2007, after her uneven bars win at the Intercity Games drew the attention of head coach Huang Yubin.
She made her international debut in 2008, participating in several events on the World Cup circuit. At her first meet, the World Cup in Doha, she scored 16.550 on the uneven bars; at her second, the Cottbus Cup, she scored 16.800. The mark was the highest uneven bars score posted at an international event under the current Code of Points, besting Nastia Liukin's mark of 16.65 at the 2008 Pacific Rim Championships. On May 15, 2008, He participated in the Tianjin World Cup, breaking two world records.
At the 2008 Olympics, He was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese team. In the uneven bars final, she and Liukin both posted final marks of 16.725, and earned identical A- and B-panel scores of 7.70 and 9.025, respectively. Because He's individual B-panel marks had a lower variance, she won the gold medal as per the Olympic tiebreaker rules of the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG).
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