Son Yeon Jae

In 2010, a young Korean gymnast performed at the Asian Summer Games in Guangzhou, China . In the team championship, the Korean national team didn’t have enough for getting on the podium, and in the individual all-around, Son showed a high score in the final and won the bronze medal of the Asian Games. At the World Championships in 2011, Young Zhe was not enough for getting into the top ten in personal all-around. Also, the Dream as part of the Korean team became the 8th in the group exercise.

At the Summer Olympics, 18-year-old Young Zhe made her debut in 2012 in London . According to the results of the qualifying round in the individual all-around Korean gymnast showed the 6th result. In the final, Son was able to improve her result and took the final 5th place, while in exercises with a ball and a ribbon she showed the 3rd result. In 2013, at the World Championships in Kiev for the first time she was able to get into the finals of individual exercises, but she never managed to take a place higher than the 6th. According to the results of individual all-around Korean gymnast took a high 5th place. At the Incheon home summer Asian games , the South Korean national team with Son Yong Zhe in the team took second place in the teams, losing to the rivals from Uzbekistan, but in the individual all-around competition, Son confidently won the gold medal. The 2014 World Cup in Izmir, Turkey was very successful for Yong Zhe. According to the results of the individual all-around, the Korean gymnast remained the 4th, behind only two Russian and Ukrainian women Anna Rizatdina . Take revenge for the failure in the all-around Son was able to exercise with a hoop, where she managed to circumvent Rizatdinova and become a bronze medalist. This award was the first in the history of South Korea at the world championships in rhythmic gymnastics.

At the home Universiade 2015, Dream has become the most titled gymnast. On the account of Yong Zhe, three gold and two silver medals at once. Repeat last year's success at the 2015 World Championships Sleep failed. The South Korean gymnast was close to getting on a pedestal in an exercise with a ball, but she lost only 0.134 points to the Belarusian athlete Melitina Stanyut . According to the results of the individual all-around, Yong Zhe showed the 11th sum of points. This result brought the South Korean team a license to participate in the individual all-around at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro .

At the 2016 Olympics, the Dream was close to being among the winners in the all-around event . The qualifying round of the Korean woman was pretty confident, taking fifth place. In the final, in two of the four exercises, Son showed the third result, and in the second - the fourth. Nevertheless, stability in the results did not allow Son Yong Zhe to get into the top three. According to the results of the competition, the Korean gymnast took the 4th place, behind the bronze medalist of the Ukrainian Anna Rizatdinova by only 0.7 points. Also on the account of the Dream are 11 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze award from the Asian Championships.

In February 2017, Son Yong Zhe announced her retirement career ^[1] .

• Since 2011, Son Young Zhe has been constantly training in Novogorsk under the leadership of Honored Trainer of Russia Elena Nefedova ^[2] .

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