Wang Zilu (; born 18 June 2003) is a Chinese rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2023 Asian Championships all-around, hoop, and team bronze medalist and a 2022 Asian Games team bronze medalist. She represented China at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Women's rhythmic individual all-around, and finished on 7th place in the All-around Final.
Career Wang began rhythmic gymnastics at the age of seven, joining the Shaanxi Provincial Gymnastics Team. In 2013, she was selected for training in the national team.
Junior In 2016, Wang and Chen Ziyi were tied for gold medal in the junior ribbon final at the 2016 National Championships.
In May 2018, Wang won the bronze medal in the junior hoop event at the 2018 Asian Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Wang was selected to represent China at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires. She finished 16th in the qualification round and did not advance to the final. She also finished fifth in the mixed multi-discipline team event.
Senior Wang became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2019. She competed at the 2019 Asian Championships in Pattaya, where she won silver in the team event alongside Shang Rong, Zhao Yating, and Liu Jiahui.
2021 She was selected to compete at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, where she ended 28th in the all-around during the qualification round.
2023 In 2023, Wang started the season at the World Cup in Athens, ending 26th in the all-around. She then finished seventh in the all-around at the Sofia World Cup, where she also placed fourth in the clubs final and eighth in the ribbon final. Then in World Cup Tashkent, she placed eleventh in the all-around, fifth in the hoop final, and sixth in the ball final. She finished 22nd in the all-around at the Baku World Cup.
Wang competed at the 2023 Asian Championships in Manila, winning bronze in the all-around and with the Chinese team. She also won a bronze medal in the hoop final. In the last World Cup stage in Milan, she took 24th place in the all-around. Wang the competed at the 2023 World Championships and qualified for the all-around final where she finished tenth. This was the best all-around placement for a Chinese gymnast at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships since Deng Senyue finished fifth in 2014. She also qualified for the ribbon final and placed fifth, the best World Championships result ever for a Chinese gymnast with ribbon. In October she competed at the 2022 Asian Games, which were postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She took 5th place in individual all-around final and won bronze medal in team competition.
2024 Wang began the 2024 season at the Athens World Cup, placing 21st in the all-around. In the event finals, she won gold with clubs, becoming the first Chinese individual rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal on the FIG World Cup series. At the 2024 Asian Championships, she finished fourth in the all-around, hoop, and clubs, and sixth with the ball.
Wang qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics after France's host spot was reallocated. She competed at the Milan World Cup in June and took 11th place in the all-around. She also won a gold medal in the hoop final. She proceeded to reach the finals of the Olympics. She placed 7th overall.
2025 In February 2025, months after her Olympic debut, Wang was diagnosed with asthma. Doctors advised her to retire, but she chose to continue, determined not to end her career during its peak. With support from her coaching team and medical staff, she resumed training after nearly two months of rest. Though her condition had only recovered to about 50–60%, she returned to competition within weeks, relying on medication to manage her symptoms. On May 16-18, she competed at the 2025 Asian Championships in Singapore. Due to major mistakes, she finished the all-around competition in 7th place. She only qualified for the clubs final, where she was 4th. In June, she won gold medal in all-around at Chinese National Championships, despite a mistake in hoop routine. On July 18-20, she competed at World Cup Milan and took 25th place in all-around, due to mistakes in three out of four routines. She qualified to clubs final, winning bronze medal behind Stiliana Nikolova and Sofia Raffaeli.
In August, she represented China at the 2025 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In qualification, she made mistakes in ball and ribbon, and therefore finished 22nd in all-around. She failed to qualify to the individual all-around final, but qualified to two apparatus finals - she was 7th in clubs and 8th in hoop. Next month, she won gold medal in all-around at Chinese National championships. In November, she competed at the 15th National Games held in Guangdong, where she won gold in all-around in front of Wang Qi.
2026 Wang started the competition season at the Sofia World Cup and took 24th place in the all-around. She qualified to the clubs final, finishing in 6th place. In April, she competed at Tashkent World Cup, taking 17th place in the all-around. In early May, she won silver medal in all-around at Chinese National Championships. In apparatus finals, she won three gold and one silver medal (in ball). On May 23-26, she competed at the 2026 Asian Championships in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and won the team bronze medal alongside Wang Qi and the senior group. Individually, she placed 5th in the all-around final.
On June 19-21, Wang competed at Beijing World Challenge Cup, and took 4th place in all-around. She withdrew from the apparatus finals due to injury. In October, she competed at the 2026 Asian Games and won bronze medal in the all-around final behind Takhmina Ikromova and Wang Qi.
Personal life In 2019, Wang was named an Elite Athlete of National Class by the General Administration of Sport. She is studying physical education at Beijing Sport University.
Achievements First Chinese rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal in an individual apparatus final at the FIG World Cup series. Highest placement by a Chinese gymnast in a Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships ribbon final (5th, 2023) First Chinese athlete to qualify for the Olympics rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around final
Competitive history
YearEventTeamAA HP BA CL RB Junior 2018 Youth Olympic Games 16 Senior 2019 Asian Championships 2021 World Championships 28 2023Athens World Cup 26 Sofia World Cup 7 4 8 Tashkent World Cup 11 5 6 Baku World Cup 22 Asian Championships 5 7 4Milan World Cup 24 Asian Games 5 World Championships 10 5 2024Athens World Cup 21 Asian Championships 4 4 6 4 Milan World Cup 11 13 13 17 Olympic Games 7
Routine music information +YearApparatusMusic Title2026HoopFinal Act by Power-Haus, Ros StephenBallMissiva d'amore by arisaClubsSleep Paralysis by Ros Stephen & Nick TziosRibbon浮光 by Zhou Shen2025HoopFinal Act by Power-Haus, Ros Stephen-哀Ball山丹丹开花红艳艳-陕西传统民歌-喜ClubsSleep Paralysis by Ros Stephen & Nick Tzios-怒RibbonLa Cumparsita (Questo Tango) by Milva-乐2024Hoop"Homicidal Dependence" by Jardines MayBall"Mind Demons" by AudiomachineClubs秦王破阵乐-中国唐朝名曲Ribbon醉太平 by Seven Kwan2023Hoop"So Say We All" by Audiomachine BallNagashi by Jigoku ShoujoClubsTo Dwell on Dreams by AudiomachineRibbon醉太平 by Seven Kwan2020/2021/2022Hoop"Despair" / "Escape from Slavery" by Hans Zimmer and PP Music/九州同-关大洲-2022Ball四季歌 by Beijing Livetion OrchestraClubs"Tetsujin" by Juno Reactor, Don DavisRibbon"Romani Holiday (Antonius Remix)" by Hans Zimmer
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