In 2007 Cheng began the year by winning the vault, balance beam and floor exercise titles at a World Cup event in Maribor, Slovenia. Cheng also won the gold medal on the vault at the 2006 World Cup Final in São Paulo, Brazil. Her performances on those two pieces of apparatus were instrumental in securing victory for China in the team championship, but they also earned her the individual vault and floor exercise world titles. During Event Finals on vault in Melbourne, Cheng scored 9.725 in her first vault (S.V: 10.0) and 9.587 in her second vault (S.V: 10.0), the "Cheng".Īt the 2006 World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, she competed on vault and floor exercise, qualifying in first position for both event finals. ![]() The vault consisting of: a round-off onto the springboard, a half-turn onto the vaulting horse and a 1½ somersault with a 540-degree turn in a straight body position, is now officially recognized in the FIG Code of Points as "The Cheng" which carries a D-score of 6.5 under the 2009 Code of Points. On 23 November 2005 Cheng made history at the 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Melbourne, Australia, for being the first gymnast ever to successfully perform one of the most difficult vaults ever attempted by a woman. She was the bronze medalist at the 2004 World Cup Final on floor exercise. She also qualified for and competed in the floor exercise final, finishing 4th with a score of 9.412. She competed with the Chinese team at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece and although the team did not medal, she performed very well, scoring 9.475 on vault and 9.662 on floor. Internationally, she has been very successful as well. She has had national success in gymnastics as a two-time Chinese National Floor Exercise Champion (2004–2005), a two-time Chinese National Vault medalist (20) and the 2004 Chinese National Balance Beam Champion. She retired in June 2012 due to a ruptured Achilles tendon while performing a tumbling pass on the floor.Ĭheng Fei is a vaulting and floor exercise specialist. Cheng Fei's leadership abilities are of paramount importance to the Chinese Women's Gymnastics Team. Shawn Johnson, 2008 Olympic Beam Champion, was also quoted to have called Cheng Fei 'inspirational' and 'a great competitor'. Sandra Izbașa, 2008 Olympic Floor Champion has described her as a perfectionist, a great sport and a good friend. Ĭheng Fei is well known in the sporting world for being highly consistent, powerful and elegant, as well as displaying a fine level of sportsmanship. Her coaches are head coach Lu Shanzhen, and Liu Qun Lin. In late 2001, at the age of 13, she was accepted to the Chinese National Team. At ten, she was invited to join the Hubei provincial team. Her first coach, Yao Juying remembered her as being uniquely 'hard-working' and extraordinarily focused. ![]() 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. ![]() By the age of five, Cheng won her first competitive medal at a local competition. 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. She was also a member of the silver medal-winning Chinese team for the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.Ĭheng 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. 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 is a three-time World Champion on the vault (2005–2007) and 2006 World Champion on floor exercise. (ii) to provide or asSist in the organisation or provision of facilities for physical recreation in the interests of social welfare for such persons under the age of 25 years and who, by reason of their youth and social and economic circumstances have need for such faciliTies with the object of improving their conditions of life.Cheng Fei ( Chinese: 程 菲 pinyin: Chéng Fēi born May 29, 1988) is a Chinese retired artistic gymnast. (i) to advance the education of children and young persons by ensuring that due attention is given to the development and occupation of their minds and to encourage such persons to participate in gymnastics and other activities. Where Flic Flac Gymnastics Club operates:įlic Flac Gymnastics Club's charitable objectives: ![]() What services Flic Flac Gymnastics Club provides:įlic Flac Gymnastics Club provides services to:
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