Sun Xiaojiao

Sun Xiaojiao (born 18 December 1984) is a Chinese former artistic gymnast. She is the 2001 World balance beam bronze medalist. She is also the 2002 World Cup Final and 2001 Goodwill Games balance beam champion. She won a gold medal in the team event at the 2002 Asian Games.

Sun won the all-around bronze medal at the 1999 Canberra Cup behind Daniele Hypólito and Maria Zasypkina.^[1] At the 2000 International Team Championships, she helped China win the bronze medal behind the United States and Romania.^[2]

At the 2001 Paris World Cup, Sun won the balance beam gold medal and the uneven bars silver medal behind Verona van de Leur.^[3] She competed at the 2001 Goodwill Games and won the gold medal on the balance beam with a score of 9.662. She also finished sixth on the uneven bars.^[4] At the 2001 World Championships, she qualified for the all-around final and finished tenth. Then in the balance beam final, she won the bronze medal with a score of 9.575, behind Andreea Răducan and Ludmila Ezhova.^[5] She then won a gold medal on the balance beam at the 2001 Stuttgart World Cup.^[6]

Sun won the balance beam silver medal at the 2002 Li Ning Cup.^[7] She helped China win the team competition at the 2002 Asian Games. She did not qualify for any of the individual finals. She finished eighth in the all-around at the 2002 Chinese Championships.^[8] Then at the 2002 Glasgow World Cup, she won a bronze medal on the balance beam behind Răducan and teammate Zhang Nan.^[9] At the 2002 World Cup Final, she won the balance beam title.^[10] She finished fifth in the all-around at the 2002 Arthur Gander Memorial.^[11]