Huang Liping (Chinese: 黄力平, born January 1972 in Wuhan, Hubei, China) is a gymnastics magistrate and former Chinese gymnast.
| Huang Liping | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  China | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1972 Wuhan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Competitive career
Huang started as an amateur in 1978, joining the Hubei team in 1985, and was selected to China's national gymnastics team the following year. He won gold medals in the team all-around, individual all-around, high bar and parallel bars at the 1993 National Gymnastics Games, and went on to win several medals at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he won a silver medal with the Chinese team and finished sixth on the parallel bars.
Retirement
Retiring after the 1996 games, Huang became the youngest world-class gymnastics magistrate in China. In 1998, he was named the Chinese national gymnastics coach, replacing Li Ning in that position.
Beijing 2008
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Huang took the Olympic Oath for judges at the Beijing National Stadium during the Opening Ceremonies.
References
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Gymnastics (Men)". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press, Limited. pp. 682, 699.