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)