Background and career
Zou Jingyuan (Chinese: 邹敬园; pinyin: Zōu Jìngyuán, born 3 January 1998) is a Chinese artistic gymnast who specializes in parallel bars and rings. He is a two-time Olympic champion on parallel bars, winning gold at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. He is a five-time world champion on parallel bars, winning in 2017, 2018, 2022, 2025, and 2026. He was a member of the Chinese team that won silver at the 2024 Paris Olympics, bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, gold at the 2018 and 2022 World Championships, and bronze at the 2019 and 2026 World Championships. He was the silver medalist on rings at the 2024 Olympics and the 2022 World Championships. Zou is widely considered the best parallel bars competitor in the world.
