Name: Huang Shanshan
Sport: Trampoline
Date of birth: January 18, 1986
Home: Fujian Province
Height: 1.53 meters
Weight: 47 kg
Hobby: listening to music, reading books
Experience:
1990: Gymnastics training in Fuzhou Sports School
1994: Joined Fujian Provincial Gymnastics Team
2002: Selected for the National Trampoline Gymnastics Team
Major Achievements:
1998 National Champion's Tournament: First team, second individual
1999 National Championship: First team/individual;
1999 National Champion's Tournament: First team, third individual
1999 National Trampoline Championship, Tianjin: First women's team, fourth individual
1999 Trampoline World Age Group Championship, South Africa: Second, age group
2000 National Championship/National Champion's Tournament: First team, second individual
2001 National Championship: First team/individual
2001 National Champion's Tournament/National Games Finals: First team, eighth individual
2001 Trampoline World Youth Championship, Sydney: Second, individual
2001 Preliminaries of the 9th National Games (National Championship): First, individual
2001 Trampoline World Age Group Championship, Denmark: First, individual (in women's age group of 15-16)
2001 The Ninth National Games Finals: First, women's team
2002 National Championship: First synchronized (with Zheng Xiaojun);
2002 National Champion's Tournament: First team/individual
2003 Trampoline World Championships: Eighth, individual.
2003 World Cup, France: Second individual
2003 World Championship, Germany: Second team, eighth individual
2004 Athens Olympics: Third, individual women's single jump, the first trampoline medal by a Chinese athlete in a trampoline event
2005 National Championship: First, team
2005 10th National Games: First, team/individual
2006 Trampoline World Cup: First, individual
At the 2003 Trampoline World Championship, Huang Shanshan entered the final competition in third place. Unfortunately, she fell during her third jump and wound up finishing 8th overall. Despite this disappointment, she was still the first Chinese trampolinist to make a World Championship final.
The bronze medal Huang Shanshan won at the 2004 Athens Olympics was no less than gold to the Chinese people. Now they hope she wins a true gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
During the 2006 Trampoline World Cup, she won championships in two individual competitions held in Switzerland and Germany, achieving a historic breakthrough for Chinese trampolinists. A sport with great importance in the eyes of the General Administration of Sport, her breakthrough at the World Cup will increase her confidence as the Olympics approach. Her goal at the games is to at least medal, but she also wants to be in contention for gold.
(china.org.cn June 17, 2008)