# Zou Jingyuan

Zou Jingyuan (Chinese: 邹敬园; pinyin: Zōu Jìngyuán, born 3 January 1998) is a Chinese artistic gymnast who specializes in parallel bars and rings. He is a two-time Olympic champion on parallel bars, winning gold at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. He is a three-time world champion on parallel bars, winning in 2017, 2018, and 2022. He was a member of the Chinese team that won silver at the 2024 Paris Olympics, bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, gold at the 2018 and 2022 World Championships, and bronze at the 2019 World Championships. He was the silver medalist on rings at the 2024 Olympics and 2022 World Championships. Zou is widely considered the best parallel bar competitor in the world.

## Personal life

Zou Jingyuan was born 3 January 1998 in Yibin, Sichuan, China. He started gymnastics at the age of three when he was scouted by a coach because of his good physical condition.
The General Administration of Sport of China named Zou an Elite Athlete of National Class in 2016.
Zou studies physical education at Chengdu Sport University.

## Career
### 2017

In May 2017, Zou competed at the Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, where his team won gold. He won first on parallel bars and rings, as well as second on pommel horse.
In October, Zou competed at the World Championships in Montreal, Canada, where he placed first on parallel bars.

### 2018

In August, Zou competed at the Asian Games in Indonesia, where his team won first. Zou placed first on parallel bars and second on pommel horse.
In October, Zou competed at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar, where the team placed first. Zou placed first on parallel bars.

### 2019

Zou competed at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where his team placed second. He failed to qualify for the parallel bars event final after an error in qualifying, but his team final parallel bars score of 16.383 was the highest score of the competition.

### 2021

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Zou competed for the People's Republic of China, a team including Sun Wei, Zou Jingyuan, Xiao Ruoteng, and Lin Chaopan. The team won Olympic bronze with a combined score of 262.397, 0.606 points beneath the winning team. Zou won Olympic gold on parallel bars with a score of 16.233, the highest score and widest margin of victory (0.533) posted by any gymnast in any event at the Tokyo Olympics.

### 2022

Zou competed on parallel bars and rings for China at the World Championships in Liverpool, winning gold in the team event, gold on parallel bars, and silver on rings behind gold medalist Adem Asil. His score in the parallel bars final of 16.166 was the highest score posted by a gymnast at the competition. He added a new named element on rings during qualifications, the Zou: the gymnast lowers slowly from inverted cross to inverted hang and felges backward slowly to V cross, holding for 2 seconds. The Zou has an E value.

## Competitive history

| Year | Event | Team | AA | PH | SR |
| 2014 | Pacific Rim Championships | 4 | | | |
| 2016 | Pacific Rim Championships | | | 5 | |
| 2016 | Chinese Championships | | | | |
| 2017 | Melbourne World Cup | | | | |
| 2017 | Doha World Cup | | | 7 | |
| 2017 | Asian Championships | | | | |
| 2017 | World Championships | — | | | |
| 2018 | Doha World Cup | | | | |
| 2018 | Chinese Championships | 11 | | | |
| 2018 | Asian Games | | | | |
| 2018 | World Championships | | | | |
| 2019 | Doha World Cup | | | 7 | |
| 2019 | Chinese Championships | | | 6 | |
| 2019 | Zhaoqing World Challenge Cup | | | | |
| 2019 | World Championships | | | 4 | |
| 2020 | Chinese Championships | | | | |
| 2021 | Chinese Championships | 8 | 5 | | |
| 2021 | Olympic Trials | | | | |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | | | | |
| 2021 | Chinese National Games | 9 | | | 6 |
| 2022 | Chinese Championships | | | | |
| 2022 | World Championships | | | | |
| 2023 | Chinese Championships | 5 | | 4 | |
| 2023 | World University Games | | | 6 | |
| 2023 | Asian Games | | | | 6 |
| 2024 | Baku World Cup | | | | |
| 2024 | Chinese Championships | 6 | | | |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | | | | |