Ling Jie

Ling Jie (born October 22, 1982) is a retired Chinese artistic gymnast. She was the 1999 World Champion on the balance beam, the 2000 Chinese all-around national champion, and the silver medalist on the uneven bars at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

Ling Jie
Full name	Ling Jie
Country represented	China
Born	(1982-10-22) October 22, 1982 Hengyang, Hunan
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International
Head coach(es)	Liu Quinling
Assistant coach(es)	Zhimin Xie
Choreographer	Quanjin Liu
Medal record Women's gymnastics Representing  China Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Uneven Bars World Championships 1999 Tianjin Balance Beam 1999 Tianjin Uneven Bars World Cup Final 2000 Glasgow Uneven Bars 2000 Glasgow Balance Beam Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Team East Asian Games 2001 Osaka Team 2001 Osaka Balance Beam Summer Universiade 2001 Beijing Team 2001 Beijing Uneven Bars National Games 1997 Shanghai Team 1997 Shanghai Uneven Bars 1997 Shanghai Balance Beam 2001 Guangzhou Team

Ling was also a member of the bronze medal winning team at the 2000 Olympics, but the medal was stripped by the IOC in 2010 after one of the Chinese team members, Dong Fangxiao, was found to be underage during the competition. In March 2012, the 1999 World Championship Team Bronze was forfeited by China and given to Ukraine in light of the same information.[1]

She is the innovator of a skill on the uneven bars that bears her name in the Code of Points: the "Ling," a full pirouetting front giant starting and ending in the inverted grip.[2]