He Kexin is a gymnast who has competed for China. She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
Upon entering her first Olympics in 2008, He and her teammates became the subject of an age controversy as several Chinese media outlets reported her birth year as 1994 instead of the actual date, indicating that she may have been ineligible to compete. An official investigation by the International Gymnastics Federation ruled that He and the rest of the Chinese women's team were old enough to compete. Despite the age discrepancy issue, He helped the host nation China solidify a gold-medal triumph in the women's team all-around and added her first and only individual title in the uneven bars. She tied for the top spot with Nastia Liukin but a lower variance in the individual B-panel marks awarded He a gold medal over the latter because of the federation's tie-breaking procedures.
Four years later in London, He finished second behind the Russian favorite Aliya Mustafina in her specialty routine by a two-tenths of a point, becoming the only Chinese gymnast to medal in the same apparatus at two consecutive Olympiads.
Olympic Results[]
Year | Event | Result |
---|---|---|
2008 | Women's individual all-around | 79th |
Women's team | ||
Women's uneven bars | ||
2012 | Women's team | 4th |
Women's uneven bars |
2008[]
Discipline | Stage | Score |
---|---|---|
Individual all-around | Qualification | 30.975 |
Final | Did not advance | |
Team | Qualification | 248.275 (30.975) |
Final | 188.900 (16.850) | |
Uneven bars | Qualification | 15.725 |
Final | 16.725 |
2012[]
Discipline | Stage | Score |
---|---|---|
Team | Qualification | 176.637 (29.699) |
Final | 174.430 (15.766) | |
Uneven bars | Qualification | 15.966 |
Final | 15.933 |