Kui Yuanyuan

Kui Yuanyuan (Simplified Chinese: 奎媛媛; born June 23, 1981) is a former artistic gymnast from China who competed in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games.Kui won the floor exercise at the 1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, becoming the first Chinese woman to do so.She recovered in time for the 2000 Olympics, where she hoped to win the individual gold medal on the balance beam that eluded her in 1996.She began studying French at the Beijing University of International Business and Economics, but dropped out after a few semesters.Kui remains close friends with former teammates Peng Sha (her daughter's godmother) and Bi Wenjing.
Xicheng DistrictBeijing, ChinaWomen's artistic gymnasticsartistic gymnasticsWorld Championships1996 Puerto Rico1997 LausanneWorld Cup FinalAsian Games1998 BangkokFloor ExerciseNational GamesChinese namefamily nameSimplified Chineseartistic gymnast2000 Olympic Games1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships1996 Summer OlympicsShannon Miller1997 World Championshipssplit leapsGina GogeanSvetlana KhorkinaInternational Federation of Gymnastics2000 OlympicsLiu XuanInternational Olympic CommitteeDong FangxiaoBeijing University of International Business and EconomicsBi WenjingInternational Gymnastics FederationOlympediaWorld Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Floor ExerciseMatylda PálfyováHelena RakoczyTamara ManinaEva BosákováLarisa LatyninaNatalia KuchinskayaLudmilla TourischevaNellie KimEmilia EberleNatalia IlienkoEcaterina SzaboOksana OmelianchikYelena ShushunovaDaniela SilivașSvetlana BoginskayaCristina BontașOksana ChusovitinaKim ZmeskalDina KochetkovaAndreea RăducanElena GómezDaiane dos SantosAlicia SacramoneCheng FeiShawn JohnsonBeth TweddleLauren MitchellKsenia AfanasyevaSimone BilesMai MurakamiJessica GadirovaChoe Jong-silMa YingKyoko SeoMo HuilanHuang QiushuangHong Un-jongYeo Seo-jeongAn Chang-ok