Zou Kai

Zou Kai
Zou Kai at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Personal information
Full nameZou Kai
Country represented China
Born (1988-02-25) February 25, 1988 (age 36)
Luzhou, Sichuan
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior
ClubChina National School
Head coach(es)Huang Yubin
Assistant coach(es)Bai Yuanshao
Former coach(es)Lin Zhaoyang, Lei Ming
Medal record
Artistic gymnastics
Representing  China
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Summer Olympics 5 0 1
World Championships 5 2 0
Asian Games 4 1 1
Total 14 3 2
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Floor Exercise
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Horizontal Bar
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Floor Exercise
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Horizontal Bar
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Aarhus Team
Gold medal – first place 2007 Stuttgart Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 London Horizontal Bar
Gold medal – first place 2011 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Tokyo Horizontal Bar
Silver medal – second place 2009 London Floor Exercise
Silver medal – second place 2011 Tokyo Floor Exercise
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Floor Exercise
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Floor Exercise
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Horizontal Bar
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Horizontal Bar
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Team
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zou.

Zou Kai (Chinese: 邹凯; pinyin: Zōu Kǎi; born February 25, 1988, in Luzhou, Sichuan) is a five-time Olympic and five-time World champion Chinese gymnast, specializing in floor exercise and the horizontal bar.

Zou won his first three Olympic gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, resulting in a nomination for the Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year in 2009. He later won two additional gold medals at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.[1]

As of 2024, Zou's total of five gold medals and one bronze[2] ties him for the record of second most most Olympic gold medals won by any Chinese athlete in Olympic history, behind Ma Long, and ties him for the record of third most medals won overall by a Chinese athlete, behind Zhang Yufei (ten medals), Wu Minxia, and Huang Xuechen (seven medals each).

  1. ^ "Zou Kai imperious as Brits crash pommel podium". Archived from the original on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  2. ^ "Zonderland flies away with horizontal bar gold". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2015-11-26. Retrieved 2017-07-03.