Xiao Qin (simplified Chinese: 肖钦; traditional Chinese: 肖欽; pinyin: Xiào Qīn; born January 12, 1985) is a Chinese gymnast. He specializes in the horizontal bar and parallel bars, but is best known for his work on the pommel horse for which he has won Olympic, world, national, East Asian Games, and World Cup titles. He joined the China national team in 1999 and is part of the People's Liberation Army.

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Xiao Qin
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Full name	Xiao Qin
Country represented	China
Born	(1985-01-12) January 12, 1985 (age 39) Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Head coach(es)	Huang Yubin
Assistant coach(es)	Jin Weiguo
Medal record Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team 2008 Beijing Pommel Horse World Championships 2003 Anaheim Team 2005 Melbourne Pommel Horse 2006 Aarhus Team 2006 Aarhus Pommel Horse 2007 Stuttgart Team 2007 Stuttgart Pommel Horse 2001 Ghent Pommel Horse 2002 Debrecen Pommel Horse Asian Games 2006 Asian Games Team

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He has qualified for two Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Xiao Qin was one of the favorites for the Olympic title on pommel horse, but his dreams were shattered when he fell during the qualification round. He qualified for the horizontal bar event final but placed 6th. It was also a disappointing Olympics for his team favored to win gold but instead finished 5th. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, he redeemed himself by winning gold on the pommel horse along with gold for his team.