{{short description|Chinese artistic gymnast and traceur}} {{Infobox gymnast | name = Shāng Chūnsōng | image = Shang Chunsong 2014.jpg | image_size = | caption = Shang at the 2014 Asian Games | full_name = 商春松 (Shāng Chūnsōng) | nickname = | country = {{GYM National Team|CHN|WAG}} | formercountry = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1996|3|18}} | birth_place = Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China | death_date = | death_place = | height = 142cm | discipline = Women's artistic gymnastics<br />Parkour | natlteam = 2010–2017 (artistic)<br />2019–present (parkour) | club = Hunan Provincial Team | gym = | headcoach = Xiong Jingbin(熊景斌), Zhang Xia(张霞) | assistcoach = | formercoach = | choreographer = | music = | eponymousskills = | retired = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{CHN}}}} {{MedalSport| Women's artistic gymnastics }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} center|80px {{MedalBronze|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2014 Nanning|Team}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Glasgow|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games }} {{MedalGold|2014 Incheon|Team}} {{MedalSilver|2014 Incheon|All-around}} {{MedalSilver|2014 Incheon|Floor exercise}} {{MedalBronze|2014 Incheon|Balance beam}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}} {{MedalGold|2012 Putian|Team}} {{MedalGold|2012 Putian|Balance beam}} {{MedalGold|2012 Putian|Floor exercise}} {{MedalBronze|2012 Putian|All-around}} {{MedalCompetition|Pacific Rim Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2012 Everett|Team}} {{MedalCompetition | National Games}} {{MedalGold|2013 Liaoning|All-Around}} {{MedalGold|2013 Liaoning|Uneven Bars}} {{MedalGold|2013 Liaoning|Floor Exercise}} {{MedalBronze|2013 Liaoning|Team}} {{MedalBronze|2013 Liaoning|Balance Beam}} {{MedalSport| Parkour }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2024 Kitakyushu|Freestyle}} {{MedalCompetition|World Games}} {{MedalGold|2025 Chengdu|Freestyle}} }}
'''Shang Chunsong''' ({{lang-zh||s=商春松|t=商春松|p=Shāng Chūnsōng}}; born 18 March 1996) is a Chinese artistic gymnast and traceur. Shang was the captain of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Additionally she represented China at the 2013, 2014, and 2015 World Championships where she won silver with the team at the latter two.<ref name="fig">{{cite web|title=SHANG Chunsong|url=https://database.fig-gymnastics.com/public/gymnasts/biography/20888/true?backUrl=%2Fpublic%2Fresults%2Fdisplay%2F13357%3FidAgeCategory%3D4%26idCategory%3D69%23anchor_35669|website=FIG Database|publisher=FIG|accessdate=27 July 2016}}</ref> Domestically she is the 2015 and 2016 Chinese national all-around champion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2016/05/16/2016-chinese-championships-results/|title=2016 Chinese Championships Results|last=Says|first=Salon De Massage Lyon|date=2016-05-16|website=The Gymternet|language=en|access-date=2019-02-07}}</ref> In Parkour she is the 2024 World and 2025 World Games freestyle champion.
== Personal life == Shang was born on 18 March 1996. She grew up in a very poor family, and she was malnourished as a child.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Story of Shang Chunsong - A Girl's Brave Struggle Against Adversities|url=http://16-233.tumblr.com/post/132196119794/delta1088-the-story-of-shang-chunsong-a-girls|website=Tumblr|accessdate=27 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="nbc">{{cite web|title=Shang Chunsong|url=http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=chunsong-shang/index.html|website=NBC Olympics|accessdate=27 July 2016}}</ref> Both of Shang's parents are construction workers in Changsha. She has a brother who has a visual impairment, and her biggest hope is to earn enough money to cure her brother's eyesight.<ref name="asiangames">{{cite web |url=https://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5105166&lang=en |title=Profile - Shang Chunsong |website=Inchon 2014 |accessdate=22 November 2014 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129040724/https://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5105166&lang=en |archivedate=29 November 2014 }}</ref> She bought a house for her brother in Changsha after winning $163,425 USD from the 2013 Chinese National Games. Her brother, Shang Lei, said, “My sister said it’s for me when I get married. She paid down most of the payment, and I’m working hard as well." When told of his sister's winnings, Shang Lei said, “It doesn't matter how much the prize money is, I just want my sister to smile more.” <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xxcb.cn/shouye/2013-09-10/8894044.html |title=商春松有望获百万奖励，哥哥只盼她多笑笑 |language=Chinese |date= |website=Xiaoxiang Morning News |accessdate=22 November 2014}}</ref>
==Artistic gymnastics career== ===2012=== Shang's senior debut came in 2012. She competed with the Chinese team at the Pacific Rim Championships, winning silver with the team. She also placed fourth on bars and beam, and fifth in the all-around. She was later named to the Chinese team for the Asian Championships. She won gold on balance beam and floor exercise, gold with the Chinese team, and bronze in the all-around.
===2013=== Shang made her 2013 debut at the Tokyo World Cup, where she placed fourth in the all-around, first on balance beam, and second on floor exercise.
At the 2013 Anadia World Cup, she won a silver medal on balance beam (15.150) and bronze on floor exercise (14.125)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3685&Itemid=221|title=Iordache Takes Two Titles at Anadia World Cup|author=Amanda Turner|work=International Gymnast Magazine|date=June 23, 2013|accessdate=July 8, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140923223338/http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3685&Itemid=221|archivedate=September 23, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> and uneven bars (14.175) after a fall on bars.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3683:brazil-best-at-anadia-world-challenge-cup&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=164|title=Brazil Best at Anadia World Challenge Cup|author=Amanda Turner|work=International Gymnast Magazine|date=June 22, 2013|accessdate=July 8, 2013|archivedate=October 11, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011115330/http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3683:brazil-best-at-anadia-world-challenge-cup&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=164|url-status=live}}</ref>
In September, Shang competed at the Chinese National Games in Dalian and tied for first place in the all-around with Yao Jinnan, ahead of bronze medalist Deng Linlin. She also won the titles on both uneven bars and floor exercise and earned bronze on the balance beam and with the Hunan team (Zeng Siqi, Tan Jiaxin, Xie Yufen, Deng Chunfen and Feng Xiao).
She was selected to compete at the World Championships in Antwerp alongside Yao Jinnan, Zeng Siqi and Huang Huidan. Shang qualified for the all-around final and the balance beam final. In the all-around final she finished eighth after a fall on balance beam. In the balance beam finals she finished sixth with a score of 14.133 points.
She later competed at the Arthur Gander Memorial alongside Zhang Chenglong. She placed sixth in the competition.
Shang competed at the Swiss Cup in November but failed to make it to the semi-finals.
===2014=== In 2014, at the Chinese Nationals in May, Shang won beam and floor gold, all-around and uneven bars silver, and team bronze.
Later that year, Shang competed at the Asian Games in Incheon with teammates Yao Jinnan, Chen Siyi, Tan Jiaxin, Bai Yawen and Huang Huidan. They won the team gold medal almost 15 points ahead of second-place North Korea.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fulltwist.net/results-2014-asian-games-wag-team-final/ |title=Results & Videos: 2014 Asian Games WAG TF & AA/EF quals |date=22 September 2014 |website=FullTwist |accessdate=22 November 2014}}</ref> She won silver in the all-around and floor exercise, and bronze on the balance beam.
She was also selected to be a member of the Chinese team at the World Championships in Nanning with the same team that competed at the Asian Games, and they won the silver medal behind the United States team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/results/2014worlds/results_wag_iv.pdf |title=Women's Team Final Results |date=8 October 2014 |publisher=FIG |accessdate=22 November 2014 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129054936/http://www.intlgymnast.com/results/2014worlds/results_wag_iv.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Individually, Shang qualified for the all-around final and was the second reserve for the floor exercise final. She would have qualified to the balance beam final as well if not for the two-per-country rule; teammates Yao and Bai placed ahead of her in qualifications.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4167:shang-china-can-do-better-in-team-final&catid=99:2014-worlds-championships-news&Itemid=285 |title=Shang: China Can Do Better in Team Final |last1=Seefried |first1=Travis |date=8 October 2014 |website=International Gymnast Magazine Online |publisher=International Gymnast Magazine |accessdate=22 November 2014}}</ref> She placed 12th in the all-around final after multiple falls on the uneven bars.
===2015=== Shang began the season at the 2015 São Paulo World Cup. She won gold on the uneven bars with a score of 15.025,<ref>{{cite web|title=FIG World Challenge Cup São Paulo Ginástica Artística Feminina Concurso III|url=http://gymnasticsresults.com/2015/am/bra/wcup/wagaf2ub.pdf|website=Gymnastics Results|publisher=FIG|accessdate=27 July 2016|language=Portuguese|date=2 May 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001853/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2015/am/bra/wcup/wagaf2ub.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and she won gold on the balance beam with a score of 15.400.<ref>{{cite web|title=FIG World Challenge Cup São Paulo Ginástica Artística Feminina Concurso III|url=http://gymnasticsresults.com/2015/am/bra/wcup/wagaf3bb.pdf|website=Gymnastics Results|publisher=FIG|accessdate=27 July 2016|language=Portuguese|date=3 May 2015|archive-date=5 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705035556/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2015/am/bra/wcup/wagaf3bb.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> She then competed at the 2015 Chinese National Championships. She won gold in the team competition representing Hunan. She also won gold in the all-around with a total of 57.100, gold on beam with a score of 14.467, and silver on floor behind Wang Yan with a score of 14.333.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hopkins|first1=Lauren|title=2015 Chinese Championships Results|url=https://thegymter.net/2015/06/01/2015-chinese-championships-results/|website=The Gymternet|accessdate=27 July 2016|date=1 June 2015}}</ref> Shang was named to the team for the 2015 World Championships along with Chen Siyi, Fan Yilin, Mao Yi, Tan Jiaxin, and Wang Yan.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hopkins|first1=Lauren|title=Chinese World Championships Team Named|url=https://thegymter.net/2015/09/18/chinese-world-championships-team-named/|website=The Gymternet|accessdate=27 July 2016|date=18 September 2015}}</ref> The team won a silver medal behind the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=46th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, GLASGOW (GBR) Women's Team Final|url=http://gymnasticsresults.com/worlds/2015/wag/teamsfinal.pdf|website=Gymnastics Results|publisher=FIG|accessdate=27 July 2016|date=27 October 2015|archive-date=7 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207002032/http://gymnasticsresults.com/worlds/2015/wag/teamsfinal.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Shang finished fourth in the individual all-around with a total of 58.265.<ref>{{cite web|title=46th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, GLASGOW (GBR) Women's All-Around Final|url=http://gymnasticsresults.com/worlds/2015/wag/aafinal.pdf|website=Gymnastics Results|publisher=FIG|accessdate=27 July 2016|date=29 October 2015|archive-date=15 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615084149/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/worlds/2015/wag/aafinal.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> She finished sixth in the uneven bars final with a score of 14.900,<ref>{{cite web|title=46th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, GLASGOW (GBR) Women's Apparatus Final Uneven Bars|url=http://gymnasticsresults.com/worlds/2015/wag/af2ub.pdf|website=Gymnastics Results|publisher=FIG|accessdate=27 July 2016|date=31 October 2015|archive-date=23 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823232652/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/worlds/2015/wag/af2ub.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and she finished fourth in the floor exercise final, tied with Sae Miyakawa, with a score of 14.933.<ref>{{cite web|title=46th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, GLASGOW (GBR) Women's Apparatus Final Floor Exercise|url=http://gymnasticsresults.com/worlds/2015/wag/af4fx.pdf|website=Gymnastics Results|publisher=FIG|accessdate=27 July 2016|date=1 November 2015|archive-date=15 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815175620/http://gymnasticsresults.com/worlds/2015/wag/af4fx.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===2016=== thumb|Shang with her Olympic teammates At the 2016 Chinese National Championships, Shang won gold at the team competition representing Hunan. She then went on to win gold in the all-around competition with a score of 59.550, the balance beam with a score of 15.467, and the floor with a score of 15.100. She placed 4th on the uneven bars with a score of 15.134, just behind Huang Huidan of Zhejiang by only thirty-three-thousandths of a point.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hopkins|first1=Lauren|title=2016 Chinese Championships Results|url=https://thegymter.net/2016/05/16/2016-chinese-championships-results/|website=The Gymternet|accessdate=14 August 2016|date=16 May 2016}}</ref> Shang was selected for the olympic team for China and was named team captain. At the Summer Olympics in Rio, she helped China bring home a bronze medal in the team competition but fell in her uneven bars routine. She placed 4th in the individual all-around competition, with a score of 58.549 just 0.116 behind bronze medallist Aliya Mustafina. An enquiry into her low balance beam score was rejected during the competition. She placed 5th on the uneven bars event final, just 0.133 away from bronze medalist Sophie Scheder. Shang Chunsong was among the favorites to medal on balance beam and floor exercise, but suffered a fever during the olympics, hindering her performance ability on her first days of competition.
===2017=== Shang Chunsong started off her season at the 2017 Baku World Cup where she qualified to the uneven bars final. However, she was unable to complete her routine during finals finishing 8th. She then competed at the national championships where she won gold on floor.
After failing to make the national team for the World Championship, Shang announced her retirement from the sport on 5 September.
===2019=== In 2019 it was announced that she had returned to the sport after a video surfaced of her performing a floor routine at a small domestic meet in March. She was then listed as a participant for the Chinese National Championships, competing for a new province after a coaching change. At the national championships she qualified for finals in the All-around, where she finished off the podium and floor exercise, where she once again won the national title.
== Parkour career == Shang discovered parkour while studying at the Central China Normal University. She was intrigued by the sport's "creativity and freedom".<ref name=grandslam>{{cite web|url=https://english.news.cn/20250814/02b3e690c5fe413d9a242d83a67d8595/c.html|title=From Olympic gymnast to parkour Grand Slam champion: Shang Chunsong's undefined life|date=August 14, 2025|work=Xinhua News Agency}}</ref> In her international debut in parkour, Shang won gold at the 2024 Montpellier World Cup in freestyle, earning China its first gold medal at a Parkour World Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=4164619|title=Parkour World Cup: Hometown hero takes Montpellier gold|date=May 14, 2024|work=International Gymnastics Federation}}</ref> The following year Shang won gold at the 2024 Parkour World Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=4337699|title=The masked ninja from Paris 2024 crowned Parkour Speed world champion|date=November 17, 2024|work=International Gymnastics Federation}}</ref> At the 2025 World Games Shang won gold, completing her "Grand Slam" in Parkour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=4537263|title=Home gold for China in Women’s Freestyle while Switzerland’s Cordt-Moller takes another gold in Men’s Speed|date=August 13, 2025|work=International Gymnastics Federation}}</ref><ref name=grandslam />
==Eponymous skill== Shang has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.<ref>{{cite web |title=Women’s Artistic Gymnastics – 2025-2028 Code of Points |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_1.1%20-%20WAG%20COP%202025-2028.pdf |website=International Gymnastics Federation |date=22 April 2024 |access-date=12 January 2025}}</ref> {|class="wikitable" |- ! Apparatus !! Name !! Description !! Difficulty{{efn|name=difficulty|Valid for the 2025-2028 Code of Points}} !! Added to the Code of Points |- | Uneven bars || Shang || Clear hip circle on high bar to counter-pike over high bar to hang back on high bar || F || 2013 World Championships. |} {{notelist}}
==Competitive history== === Artistic gymnastics === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" |- ! align=center|Year ! align=center|Event ! style="width:30px;"|Team ! style="width:30px;"|AA ! style="width:30px;"|VT ! style="width:30px;"|UB ! style="width:30px;"|BB ! style="width:30px;"|FX |- |rowspan="1"|'''2010'''||align=left|National Championships || || 21 || || || || |- |rowspan="3"|'''2012'''||align=left|Pacific Rim Championships || {{silver2}} || 5 || || 4 || 4 || |- | align=left|National Championships || {{bronze3}} || {{bronze3}} || || 8 || 5 || 4 |-bgcolor=#F5F6CE | align=left|Asian Championships || {{gold1}} || {{bronze3}} || || 8 || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} |- |rowspan="6"|'''2013'''||align=left|Tokyo World Cup || || 4 || || || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}} |- | align=left|National Championships || {{bronze3}} || {{silver2}} || || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}} || {{gold1}} |- | align=left|Anadia World Cup || || || || {{bronze3}} || {{silver2}} || {{bronze3}} |- | align=left|National Games || {{bronze3}} || {{gold1}} || || {{gold1}} || {{bronze3}} || {{gold1}} |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF | align=left|World Championships || || 8 || || || 6 || |- | align=left|Arthur Gander Memorial || || 6 || || || || |- |rowspan="3"|'''2014'''||align=left|National Championships || {{bronze3}} || {{silver2}} || || {{silver2}} || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} |-bgcolor=#F5F6CE | align=left|Asian Games || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}} || || || {{bronze3}} || {{silver2}} |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF | align=left|World Championships || {{silver2}} || 12 || || || || |- | rowspan="3" |'''2015'''||align=left|São Paulo World Cup || || || || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || |- | align=left|National Championships || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || || || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}} |-bgcolor=#CCCCFF |align=left|World Championships || {{silver2}} || 4 || || 6 || ||4 |- | rowspan="2"|'''2016'''||align=left|National Championships || {{gold1}} ||{{gold1}} || || 4 || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} |-bgcolor=98FB98 | align=left|'''Olympic Games''' || {{bronze3}} || 4 || ||5 || || |- | rowspan="3" |'''2017''' || align=left| Baku World Cup || || || || 8 || || |- | align = left | National Championships || {{bronze3}} || 24 || || || 5 || {{gold1}} |- | align=left|National Games || 4 || 5 || || 4 || 5 || 8 |- | rowspan="1" | '''2018''' || align = left| National Championships || || || || || 7 || |- | rowspan="1" | '''2019''' || align = left| National Championships || 4 || || || || || {{gold1}} |- | rowspan="2" | '''2020''' || align = left| National Championships || 4 || 16 || || || || 6 |- | align = left| National Individual Championships || || 6 || || || || 7 |- | rowspan="2" | '''2021''' || align = left | National Championships || || 18 || || || || {{bronze3}} |- | align=left | National Games || 6 || || || || || |- | rowspan="2" | '''2023''' || align=left | National Championships || 8 || 17 || || || || {{bronze3}} |- | align=left|Chinese Shanti Group Cup || || || || || || {{bronze3}} |}
=== Parkour === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" |- ! align=center|Year ! align=center|Event ! style="width:30px;"|Speed ! style="width:30px;"|Freestyle |- | rowspan="1" | '''2023''' || align=left | Chinese Parkour Championships || || {{gold1}} |- | rowspan="2" | '''2024''' || align=left | Montpellier World Cup || || {{gold1}} |- bgcolor=#CCCCFF | align=left | World Championships || || {{gold1}} |- | rowspan="2" | '''2025''' || align=left | Amsterdam World Cup || || 5 |- | align=left | World Games || || {{gold1}} |- | rowspan="1" | '''2026''' || align=left | Montpellier World Cup || || {{gold1}} |}
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