{{Short description|Chinese artistic gymnast}} {{Infobox gymnast | name = Luo Rui | native_name = 罗蕊 | native_name_lang = zh | image = | image_size = | caption = | full_name = | nickname = | country ={{CHN}} | formercountry = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2005|11|26}} | birth_place = Sichuan, China<ref name="fig">{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=52434&type=licence|title=Luo Rui - FIG Athlete Profile|website=International Gymnastics Federation (FIG)|accessdate=22 October 2021}}</ref> | hometown = | height = | weight = | discipline = WAG | natlteam = | club = Guangdong Province | gym = | collegeteam = | headcoach = Lu Le, Qiao Liang | assistcoach = | formercoach = | choreographer = | music = | eponymousskills = | retired = | show-medals = yes |medaltemplates= <!-- see Template:MedalRelatedTemplates --> {{MedalSport | Women's artistic gymnastics}} {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2021 Kitakyushu|Uneven bars}} {{MedalCompetition|National Games}} {{MedalGold|2021 Shaanxi|Team}} {{MedalBronze|2021 Shaanxi|All-Around}} }}
'''Luo Rui''' ({{lang-zh|s=罗蕊|t=羅蕊}}, born 26 November 2005) is a Chinese former artistic gymnast. She is the 2021 World bronze medalist on the uneven bars. She is the 2022 Chinese uneven bars champion and the 2019 Chinese junior all-around champion. She was one of China's alternates for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
== Gymnastics career == === Junior === Luo finished fourth in the all-around at the 2018 Chinese Junior Championships, and she won the bronze medal in the floor exercise final.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2018 Chinese Junior Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2018/06/19/2018-chinese-junior-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 May 2025 |date=19 June 2018}}</ref> She then competed at the senior-level 2019 Chinese Championships and won a gold medal with the Guangdong provincial team, but she did not advance into any individual finals.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2019 Chinese Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2019/05/16/2019-chinese-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 May 2025 |date=16 May 2019}}</ref> She then won the all-around and balance beam titles at the 2019 Chinese Junior Championships.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2019 Chinese Junior Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2019/06/20/2019-chinese-junior-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 May 2025 |date=20 June 2019}}</ref> At the Chinese National Youth Games, she won a gold medal with the Guangdong provincial team, and she finished fourth in the uneven bars final.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2019 Chinese National Youth Games Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2019/08/07/2019-chinese-national-youth-games-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 May 2025 |date=7 August 2019}}</ref>
=== Senior === Luo became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2021. At the 2021 Chinese Championships, she won a gold medal with the Guangdong provincial team and placed eighth in the all-around. In the uneven bars final, she tied with Wei Xiaoyuan for the silver medal.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Hopkins|first1=Lauren|url=https://thegymter.net/2021/05/15/2021-chinese-championships-results/|title = 2021 Chinese Championships Results|website=The Gymternet|access-date=23 July 2021|date = 15 May 2021}}</ref> She was named as an alternate for China's 2020 Olympic team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/sports/2021-07/03/c_1127620401.htm|title=步步为赢——中国体操队东京奥运会大名单诞生记|trans-title=Step-by-step to win – the creation of the Chinese gymnastics squad for the Tokyo Olympics|language=zh|first1=Yuchen|last1=Lu|first2=Nan|last2=Shen|first3=Mengtong|last3=Niu|website=Xinhua|date=3 July 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703181102/http://www.xinhuanet.com/sports/2021-07/03/c_1127620401.htm|archive-date=3 July 2021}}</ref> Then at the Chinese National Games, she won the all-around bronze medal behind Wei and Ou Yushan, and she won a gold medal in the team event.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2021 Chinese National Games Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2021/09/26/2021-chinese-national-games-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 May 2025 |date=26 September 2021}}</ref> She was then selected to make her international debut at the 2021 World Championships. In the uneven bars final, she tied with Rebeca Andrade for the second-highest score, but she lost the tiebreaker and received the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1114524/andrade-wins-world-vault-title|title= Andrade clinches vault title at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships|first1=Liam|last1=Morgan|website=Inside the Games|access-date=27 October 2021|date=23 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=China grabs two titles, Italy four medals as World apparatus finals begin |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3355450 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=29 May 2025 |date=23 October 2021}}</ref> She also qualified for the balance beam final, but she fell and finished fifth.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0007914192|title= Murakami caps career with world floor gold|website=The Japan News|date=25 October 2021|access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref>
Luo won the uneven bars title at the 2022 Chinese Championships.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2022 Chinese Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2022/09/10/2022-chinese-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 May 2025 |date=10 September 2022}}</ref> She was then selected to compete at the 2022 World Championships and was the top qualifier for the uneven bars final.<ref>{{cite web |title=Buoyant British women, Rebeca Andrade dominate day 2 of qualification at Gymnastics Worlds |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3665331 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=29 May 2025 |date=31 October 2022}}</ref> She fell off the balance beam in the team final, and the Chinese team finished sixth.<ref>{{cite web |title=51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October - 6 November 2022 Women's Team Final |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2022/w_22worlds_team.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=7 March 2023 |date=1 November 2022}}</ref> In the uneven bars final, she smacked her feet on the high bar on a layout jaeger release move and finished in sixth place.<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 FIG World Artistic Gymnastics Championships apparatus finals – Results Saturday 5 November |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/2022-fig-world-artistic-gymnastics-championships-apparatus-finals-results-5-nov |website=Olympics.com |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=29 May 2025 |date=5 November 2022}}</ref>
Luo won a gold medal with the Guangdong provincial team at the 2023 Chinese Championships, but she did not advance into any individual finals.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2023 Chinese Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2023/05/28/2023-chinese-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 May 2025 |date=28 May 2023}}</ref> She announced her retirement from the sport in May 2024.<ref>{{Cite tweet |access-date=29 May 2025 |user=lsjricna |number=1793251032258252918 |title=Luo Rui's retirement post}}</ref>
== Competitive history == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" |- |+Competitive history of Luo Rui at the junior level<ref name="gymternet">{{cite web |title=Luo Rui |url=https://thegymter.net/luo-rui/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 May 2025}}</ref> ! scope="col" align=center|Year ! scope="col" align=center|Event ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|Team|Team event}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|AA|All-around}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|VT|Vault}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|UB|Uneven bars}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|BB|Balance beam}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|FX|Floor exercise}} |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | '''2018''' |- |align=left|Chinese Junior Championships|| || 4 || || || 5 || {{bronze3}} |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="4" |'''2019''' |- |align=left|Chinese Championships|| {{gold1}} || || || || || |- |align=left|Chinese Junior Championships|| || {{gold1}} || 8 || 7 || {{gold1}} || |- |align-left|Chinese National Youth Games|| {{gold1}} || 7 || || 4 || || |} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" |- |+Competitive history of Luo Rui at the senior level<ref name="gymternet"/> ! scope="col" align=center|Year ! scope="col" align=center|Event ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|Team|Team event}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|AA|All-around}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|VT|Vault}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|UB|Uneven bars}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|BB|Balance beam}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|FX|Floor exercise}} |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="4" |'''2021''' |- |align=left|Chinese Championships|| {{gold1}} || 8 || || {{silver2}} || || |- |align=left|Chinese National Games|| {{gold1}} || {{bronze3}} || || || 6 || |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF | align=left | World Championships || || || || {{bronze3}} || 5 || |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" |'''2022''' |- |align=left|Chinese Championships|| {{gold1}} || || || {{gold1}} || 6 || |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF | align=left | World Championships || 6 || || || 6 || || |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" |'''2023''' |- |align=left|Chinese Championships|| {{gold1}} || || || || || |}
== References == {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Luo, Rui}} Category:2005 births Category:Living people Category:Chinese female artistic gymnasts Category:21st-century Chinese sportswomen Category:Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Category:21st-century Chinese women