| Ou Yushan | |
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 Ou at the 2024 Olympic Games | |
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Country represented |
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Born |
January 13 2004 |
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Years on National Team |
2018-present |
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Regional Team |
Guangdong |
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Coach(es) |
Xu Jinglei, Lu Le |
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Current status |
Active |
Ou Yushan (Chinese: 欧钰珊, pinyin: ōu yù shān, born January 13, 2004 in Guangxi) is an elite Chinese gymnast and two-time (2020 and 2024) Olympian. She is a four-time Summer University Games champion, 2019 Junior World Championships all-around bronze medalist, team and floor exercise silver medalist. She represents the Guangdong province in domestic competition.
Junior Career[]
2018-2019[]
In May 2018, Ou made her elite debut at the Chinese National Championships. She helped her regional team of Guangdong to a first place finish in the team competition. Additionally, she made the floor final, but did not compete.
Ou competed at the Chinese Nationals again a year later, also finishing first with the Guangdong team. This time, she also received individual medals as well, making the all-around final and finishing third, placing third on the uneven bars, second on the floor exercise, and earned the gold medal on the balance beam. She was chosen as a part of China's three-person team for the first ever Junior World Championships in Győr, Hungary. There, the Chinese team bested the Americans for a second place finish in the team competition. Ou also placed third in the all-around behind Russians Viktoria Listunova and Vladislava Urazova. She also made the uneven bars final where she finished fifth, the beam final where she finished eighth, and the floor exercise final where she finished second. In July, she competed at the Chinese National Youth Games, where she was able to finish first alongside her city team of Guangzhou. She also finished second in the all-around, third on vault, second on the uneven bars, and won the gold medal on both floor and beam.
2020-2021[]
Ou missed the Chinese National Championships in September due to a knee injury.[1]
In 2021, she competed at the Chinese Championships, winning gold with the Guangdong team. She placed sixth in the all-around and eighth on floor. In early July, she was named to the Chinese Olympic team.[2]
Tokyo Olympics[]
Ou competed in the second subdivision, starting on vault. She competed on every event except floor exercise and helped China qualify third to the team final. In the final, she fell on vault, along with Tang Xijing, so that, coupled with other mistakes, caused China to fall to seventh place.
Post-Olympics[]
Ou competed at the Chinese National Games in September, winning team and floor exercise gold and all-around and balance beam silver.
2022[]
Ou competed at the postponed Chinese National Championships in September, winning team gold, all-around silver, balance beam bronze, and placing fifth on floor exercise. In October, she competed at the World Championships in Liverpool. China placed sixth in the team final, while Ou placed seventh in the all-around and sixth on balance beam after a fall.
2023[]
Ou competed at the Chinese National Championships in May, winning team gold, all-around silver, balance beam bronze and placing fourth on floor exercise. In August, Ou compete at the Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China, where she won four gold medals including team, all-around, balance beam and floor exercise. At the World Championships in Belgium in October, she placed fourth with her team.
2024[]
Ou began her season at the Baku World Cup in Azerbaijan, winning silver on floor exercise. In June, she was named to the Chinese team for the 2024 Olympics.[3]
Paris Olympics[]
In qualifications, Ou competed in the second subdivision. She helped China qualify third to the team final, while she qualified to the all-around in twelfth place and the floor exercise final in sixth place. China placed sixth in the team final, and she placed sixteenth in the all-around final and eighth on floor exercise.
Medal Count[]
| Year | Event | TF | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2018 | Chinese National Championships | 1st | |||||
| 2019 | Chinese National Championships | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | |
| Győr Junior World Championships | 2nd | 3rd | 5 | 8 | 2nd | ||
| Chinese National Youth Games | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | |
| 2021 | Chinese National Championships | 1st | 6 | 8 | |||
| Tokyo Olympic Games | 7 | ||||||
| Shaanxi Chinese National Games | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | |||
| 2022 | Chinese National Championships | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 5 | ||
| Liverpool World Championships | 6 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| 2023 | Chinese National Championships | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4 | ||
| Chengdu Summer Universiade | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||
| Antwerp World Championships | 4 | ||||||
| 2024 | Baku World Cup | 2nd | |||||
| Paris Olympic Games | 6 | 16 | 8 |
Floor Music[]
2019 - "Who" (Original Mix) by Tujamo & Plastik Funk/"Boneless: by Steve Aoki & Chris Lake & Tujamo