Zeng Wenhui

Chinese street skateboarder (born 2005)

Zeng Wenhui
Personal information
Native name曾文蕙
Born (2005-02-08) 8 February 2005 (age 19)
Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China
OccupationProfessional skateboarder
Sport
CountryChina
SportSkateboarding
Rank21st[1]
EventStreet
ClubGuangdong Province
Turned pro2018
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals6th (2020)
Medal record
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Street

Zeng Wenhui (Chinese: 曾文蕙; pinyin: Zēng Wénhuì; born 8 February 2005) is a Chinese street skateboarder and two-time Chinese Champion.[2] At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she finished sixth in the women's street skateboarding event, the first event of its kind to be included in an Olympic program.[3]

Career

Zeng was selected to train for skateboarding in 2017, around age twelve. Before taking up skateboarding, she had practiced kung fu from age six. She made her professional skateboarding debut in 2018 at the International Skateboarding Open (ISO) in Nanjing, where she placed thirteenth in the qualifiers of the women's street event. She placed fourth at the 2018 Asian Games and won the China National Skateboarding Championship in 2019 and 2020.

At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Zeng was one of twenty athletes who competed in the women's street skateboarding event. Zeng qualified for the event by virtue of ranking 21st in the World Skate Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings.[4][5] In the semifinals, Zeng came in 6th place, advancing to the finals round, where she finished the competition in 6th place.[3]

On 11 September 2021, at the 14th National Games in Shaanxi, China, Zeng won the women's street skateboarding competition with a score of 15.92.[6]On 16 October 2022, at the Rio Open Skateboarding (Street), she won the eighth place in the women's event and on November 5, she attained fourth in the women's semi-finals of the Street League Skateboarding in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and advanced to the finals.[7][8] On November 6, she finished sixth in the finals.[9] On 1 February 2023, at the 2022 World Skateboarding Championship in Sharjah, UAE, Zeng was elimnated in the 45th place at the women's street qualifying round and on February 12th in the same event, she atttained 27th postion in the women's street event and was eliminated in the qualifying round.[10][11] In July 2023, she was selected into the Chinese skateboarding national team for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[12] On September 15, at the 2023 World Skateboarding Street Professional Tour in Lausanne, Switzerland, she won ninth place in the street event.[13] On September 27, at the 19th Asian Games, she won the silver medal in the women's skateboarding street finals at the 19th Asian Games with 236.61 points.[14]

On 22 June 2024, at the 2024 Summer Olympics skateboarding qualification series in Budapest, Hungary, she achieved 15th place in the women's street skateboarding preliminaries and advanced to the semifinals, thereby ensuring her qualification for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Street, Female". World Skate. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Skateboarding: ZENG Wenhui". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b Zucker, Joseph. "Olympic Skateboarding 2021: Women's Street Medal Winners and Results". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings". World Skate. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Skateboarding" (PDF). worldskate.org.
  6. ^ "首金！中国首位奥运滑板选手曾文蕙全运会夺金". The Paper. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  7. ^ Guangzhou Daily (20 October 2022). "广东小将曾文蕙获滑板（街式）里约公开赛第八名". tyj.gd.gov.cn. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  8. ^ Sports Bureau of Zhejiang Province (7 November 2022). "曾文蕙晋级街式滑板联赛"超级王冠赛"决赛". tyj.zj.gov.cn. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  9. ^ "曾文蕙获街式滑板联赛年度总决赛第六 外赛外训收获良多". Xinhua. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  10. ^ "滑板世锦赛：中国队三人晋级女子街式32强". Xinhua. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  11. ^ "滑板世锦赛落幕 伊顿、布朗分获碗池男女冠军". Xinhua. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  12. ^ "中国滑板国家队、中国国家霹雳舞队亚运名单公布". QQ. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  13. ^ "世界滑板街式职业巡回赛洛桑站曾文蕙创赛季最佳 十岁静欣怡首次参赛". Xinhua. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  14. ^ Kano, Shintaro (27 September 2023). "Asian Games 2023: Onodera Ginwoo stunned as Zhang Jie win's men's street skateboarding final, Cui Chenxi crowned women's champion". Olympics. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  15. ^ Ma, Zuoyu (23 June 2024). "奥运资格赛火热继续，中国军团向更多奥运门票发起冲击". The Paper. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

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