Liang Chow … (born January 1, 1968, Beijing) is a former Chinese gymnast and the personal coach of the 2008 Olympic balance beam champion Shawn Johnson and the 2012 Olympic individual all-around champion Gabby Douglas. …
He was on China’s national gymnastics team for more than a decade, winning numerous national and international medals. However, he never competed in an Olympics; in 1988 he was too young to make the Chinese team, and before 1992 he suffered a back injury and retired from competition. …
Chow is married to Liwen Zhuang, a former gymnast on the Chinese national team. They have one child, named Kevin …
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How come he was to young to compete in 88 Seoul Olympics? He was 20.
Great stuff from a great coach. We are lucky to have him in the US.
It’s nice to see he’s always had that wide friendly grin! Thanks for posting.
Yea, 20 is not too young. Maybe they just meant that he hadn’t yet reached his peak, so he wasn’t quite ready to make the team.
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