JIANG Yuyuan profiles

CHINESE GYMNASTICS TEAM
Birth Date： November 1 ,1991
Height：1.43m
Weight：30 KG


Personal Interests:
When she's not in the gym, Jiang enjoys listening to American and European pop music, reading magazines and watching tennis. She's also an avid photographer and a fan of Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang.

Personal Information:

Jiang Yuyuan (also Yuyan; Chinese: 江鈺源) is a Chinese gymnast. Jiang announced her arrival on the international gymnastics scene by defeating countrywoman and then-reigning world floor champion Cheng Fei at a world cup event. At the 2007 Worlds, she finished just .025 out of the bronze in fourth and then won the all-around title at the "Good Luck Beijing" invitational, the test event for the 2008 Olympic Games.

Jiang's personality is on full display during her energetic floor routine, but it's her second tumbling pass, a full-twisting double back, that gave her trouble at the 2007 Worlds and the Good Luck Beijing event. Both times, she over-rotated and stepped out of bounds -- and out of contention for a gold. Unfazed, she held her own during a press conference "Who says I made a mistake?" she asked reporters at a press conference. "After all, I'll have many opportunities. This was a little out of the ordinary, and that's it." A reporter asked her, "What if you make a similar mistake at the Olympics," and she replied, according to Chinese press, "Well, I'll be better prepared by then! Something like this won't happen again."

Jiang began her gymnatics training at age four and was taken to Guangxi Sports Training School a few years later. After one year training in that school, Jiang was picked for the Guangxi Gymnastics Team. However, the coaches there sent her back to the training school one month later because they didn't think Jiang was strong enough.

At age five, Jiang saw her dad in the stands of a competition, and she fell off the beam. Now, Jiang doesn't let her parents watch her compete in person because she says it makes her too nervous.

Though five-time world champion Cheng Fei is China's official captain, Jiang serves as an assistant captain at the Chinese training center. Among her duties, according to Chinese press are taking attendance at practice and ensuring that the younger gymnasts keep their rooms clean. Cheng is Jiang's idol.