| Ling Jie | |
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 Ling at the 2000 Olympic Games | |
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Country represented |
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Born |
October 22 1982 |
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Coach(es) |
Liu Quinling & Zhimin Xie |
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Current status |
Retired |
Ling Jie (born October 22, 1982) is a retired Chinese artistic gymnast.
Career[]
She was the 1999 World Champion on the balance beam, the 2000 Chinese all-around national champion, and the silver medalist on the uneven bars at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.
She is the innovator of a skill on the uneven bars that bears her name in the Code of Points: the "Ling," a full pirouetting front giant starting and ending in the inverted grip.
Medal Count[]
| Year | Event | TF | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 1997 | International Team Championships | 1st | 7 | ||||
| 1998 | International Team Championships | 3rd | 2nd | ||||
| Chinese National Championships | 2nd | ||||||
| New York Goodwill Games | 8 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Bangkok Asian Games | 1st | ||||||
| 1999 | International Team Championships | 3rd | 13 | ||||
| DTB Cup | 3rd | ||||||
| Swiss Cup | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Tianjin World Championships | 3 (DQ) |
3rd | 1st | ||||
| 2000 | DTB Cup | 4 | |||||
| Chinese National Championships | 1st | ||||||
| Sydney Olympic Games | 3 (DQ) |
2nd | 7 | ||||
| Glasgow World Cup Final | 1st | 3rd | |||||
| 2001 | Beijing Summer Universiade | 1st | 2nd |