Xiao Qin is a male Chinese gymnast

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...

. He specializes in the horizontal bar

Horizontal bar

The high bar, also known as the horizontal bar, is an apparatus used by male gymnasts in Artistic Gymnastics. It traditionally consists of a cylindrical metal bar that is rigidly held above and parallel to the floor by a system of cables and stiff vertical supports. Gymnasts typically wear leather...

 and parallel bars, but is best known for his work on the pommel horse

Pommel horse

The pommel horse is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. Traditionally, it is used by only male gymnasts. Originally made of a metal frame with a wooden body and a leather cover, modern pommel horses have a metal body covered with foam rubber and leather, with plastic handles .- History :The pommel...

 for which he has won Olympic, world, national, East Asian Games, and World Cup titles. He joined the Chinese National Team in 1999 and is part of the People's Liberation Army

People's Liberation Army

The People's Liberation Army is the unified military organization of all land, sea, strategic missile and air forces of the People's Republic of China. The PLA was established on August 1, 1927 — celebrated annually as "PLA Day" — as the military arm of the Communist Party of China...

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Competitive highlights

He has qualified for two Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens

Athens

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, Xiao Qin was one of the favorites for the Olympic title on pommel horse, but his dreams were shattered when he fell during the qualification round. He qualified for the horizontal bar event final but placed 6th. It was also a disappointing Olympics for his team favored to win gold but instead finished 5th. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, he redeemed himself by winning gold on the pommel horse along with gold for his team.

Year	Competition Description	Location	Apparatus	Rank-Final	Score-Final	Rank-Qualifying	Score-Qualifying
2001	World Championships	Ghent	Team	5	165.260	7	218.296
			Pommel Horse	2	9.775
2002	World Championships	Debrecen	Pommel Horse	2	9.750	2	9.737
2003	World Cup/Series	Thessaloniki	Pommel Horse	4	9.025	4	9.100
	World Championships	Anaheim	Team	1	171.996	3	225.119
			Pommel Horse	7	9.350
2004	World Cup/Series	Ghent	Pommel Horse	1	9.925
			Parallel Bars	7	9.325
			Horizontal Bar	3	9.612
		Glasgow	Pommel Horse	1	9.900
	World Cup/Series Final	Birmingham	Pommel Horse	1	9.825
			Horizontal Bar	8	8.200
	Olympic Games Olympic Games The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...	Athens	Team	5	171.257	4	229.507
			Pommel Horse			44	9.337
			Horizontal Bar	6	9.737	4	9.750
2005	World Championships	Melbourne	All around			56	28.974
			Pommel Horse	1	9.850	1	9.800
			Horizontal Bar	6	9.362	2	9.687
			Parallel Bars			19	9.487
2006	World Cup/Series Final	São Paulo	Pommel Horse	1	16.100
	World Cup/Series	Shanghai	Pommel Horse	1	16.300
		Ghent	Pommel Horse	1	15.975
	World Championships	Aarhus	Team	1	277.775	1	372.250
			All around			193	61.875
			Pommel Horse	1	16.025	1	16.175
			Horizontal Bar			86	14.250
			Parallel Bars			11	15.675
2007	World Cup/Series	Shanghai	Pommel Horse	1	15.325
			Horizontal Bar	3	15.475
	World Championships	Stuttgart	Team	1	281.900	1	374.275
			All around			131	77.225
			Pommel Horse	1	16.300	1	16.275
			Horizontal Bar			12	15.100
			Parallel Bars			14	15.875
			Floor Exercise			98	14.300
2008	World Cup/Series	Tianjin	Pommel Horse	1	16.375
	Olympic Games Olympic Games The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...	Beijing	Team	1	286.125	1	374.675
			All around			46	76.700
			Pommel Horse	1	15.875	1	16.175
			Horizontal Bar			56	14.375
			Parallel Bars			18	15.150
			Floor Exercise			56	14.375

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