Wang Qi (gymnast)

Wang Qi
王淇
Born (2010-09-16) 16 September 2010
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country represented
 China
(2024-present)
Former coach
Amina Zaripova
Medal record
Representing  China
Rhythmic gymnastics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
FIG World Cup 1 0 0
Total 1 0 0
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2026 FrankfurtTeam
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place2026 BishkekTeam
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 SofiaBall
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 TashkentAll-Around
Gold medal – first place2025 SingaporeAll-Around
Gold medal – first place2025 SingaporeHoop
Gold medal – first place2025 SingaporeClubs
Silver medal – second place2024 TashkentHoop
Bronze medal – third place2024 TashkentRibbon
Bronze medal – third place2025 SingaporeBall
Bronze medal – third place2025 SingaporeRibbon
Gymnasiades
Gold medal – first placeBahrain 2024All-around
Gold medal – first placeBahrain 2024Ball
Gold medal – first placeBahrain 2024Clubs
Gold medal – first placeBahrain 2024Ribbon

Wang Qi (Chinese: 王淇; born 16 September 2010) is a Chinese rhythmic gymnast.[1] She represents China in international competitions.

Biography

At the 2020 National Youth Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, 10-year-old Wang became the Chinese pre-junior champion.[2] In 2023 she won all the gold medals at the Chinese Championships.[3]

Junior

She made her breakthrough as a junior in 2024, when she won gold in the all-around, silver with hoop and bronze with ribbon at the Asian Championships in Tashkent.[4] In November she was selected for the Gymnasiade in Bahrain, winning gold in the all-around, with ball, clubs and ribbon.[5][6][7]

Since January 2025, she has been coached by Amina Zaripova.[8] In May she was selected for the Asian Championships in Singapore as the sole representative of China among juniors.[9] There she won gold in the all-around, with hoop and with clubs as well as bronze with ball and ribbon.[10][11] It was then announced she would participate in the Chinese Championships.[12] In June, she was selected to represent China at the 2025 Junior World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she won silver medal with ball and took 4th place in ribbon final. In November, she competed at the 15th National Games held in Guangdong, where she won silver in all-around behind Wang Zilu.[13]

Senior

Wang became age eligible for senior competitions in 2026. In May, she competed at the 2026 Asian Championships in Bishkek, and won team bronze medal alongside Wang Zilu and senior group. She placed 4th in the all-around final, 0.4 point behind bronze medal.[14] In June, she won gold medal in all-around at World Challenge Cup in Beijing, claiming first ever individual all-around win by a Chinese gymnast in the World Cup series. She won silver medals in all four apparatus finals.[15]

Achievements

  • She is the first and only Chinese individual gymnast to have won a gold medal in the all-around competition at a World Cup.

Routine music information

Year Apparatus Music title
2026 Hoop
Ball Svanrand (Live) by Heilung
Clubs Let Me Think About It (Fedde Le Grand Club Mix) by Ida Corr
Ribbon 碧苍战歌 by 杨秉音
2025 Hoop 星河歎之歡悅(伴奏) by Seven Kwan
Ball Filiae Mestae Jerusalem, RV 638: "Sileant Zephyri" by Philippe Jaroussky
Clubs Run The World (Girls) by Beyonce
Ribbon Run by Ludovico Einaudi & I Virtuosi Italiani

References

  1. ↑ "WANG Qi - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  2. ↑ sina_mobile (2022-06-01). "天津艺术体操少女王淇 向世界展示中国之美". news.sina.cn. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  3. ↑ "天津队王淇2022年全国艺术体操锦标赛包揽七金_少年组_单项_金牌". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  4. ↑ "Спорт вокруг". sportvokrug.ru. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  5. ↑ "Rhythmic Gymnastics Results Day 1" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Rhythmic Gymnastics Results Day 2" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "王淇斩获2024年世界中学生夏季运动会艺术体操多项冠军_青少年体育工作_天津市体育局". ty.tj.gov.cn. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  8. ↑ Vivaldi, Beatrice (2025-01-24). "Zaripova allena Wang Qi". BlaBlaGym (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  9. ↑ "2025 Asian Championships Junior Namelist" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-05-14.
  10. ↑ "Wang Qi and Yerekesheva Dominate Junior Finals at Asian Rhythmic Championships – Asian Gymnastics Union". 19 May 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  11. ↑ "星光熠熠!问界·2025年全国艺术体操锦标赛参赛选手都有啥"来头"?_王子露_王澜静_重庆". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  12. ↑ "星光熠熠!2025年全国艺术体操锦标赛参赛选手阵容揭秘:奥运冠军与新秀齐聚重庆_赛事_巴黎奥运会_中国". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  13. ↑ "National Games: Rhythmic gymnastics concludes in Pingshan". 11 November 2025. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  14. ↑ "RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026". sportvokrug.ru. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "2026 World Challenge Cup Beijing Apparatus Finals" (PDF). Retrieved 22 June 2026.