Nguyễn Chế Thanh (born 1 October 2000) is a Vietnamese aerobic gymnastics athlete. A member of the Vietnam national team, he has won 6 gold medals at the SEA Games, 5 FIG World Cup gold medals, 3 Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships gold medals, and 11 Asian Gymnastics Championships gold medals.
Biography Nguyễn Chế Thanh was born in Long An province (now within the streamlined administrative boundaries following its merger with Tây Ninh province). When he was young, he and his family moved to Ho Chi Minh City, where he lived and pursued his education.
Career 2015 At the 2015 Asian Aerobic Championships, held in Vietnam, Nguyễn Chế Thanh competed in the 15–17 age group. Together with his teammates Lê Hoàng Phong and Trần Ngọc Thúy Vi, he won the gold medal in the Trio event. He then won his second gold medal together with Lê Hoàng Phong, Trần Ngọc Thúy Vi, Tôn Nữ Thanh Thanh, and Đinh Hồng Ngọc in the Group of Five event. In the individual event, he also won a silver medal in the Men's Individual event.
2016 In 2016, at the World Championships held in South Korea, Nguyễn Chế Thanh and his peers in the 15–17 age group continued to win gold medals in the age-group category in both the Trio event (with Lê Hoàng Phong and Trần Ngọc Thúy Vi) and the Men's Individual event, while also adding a silver medal in the Group of Five event (with Lê Hoàng Phong, Trần Ngọc Thúy Vi, Tôn Nữ Thanh Thanh, and Đinh Hồng Ngọc).
2017 In 2017, Nguyễn Chế Thanh won Vietnam's only gold medal in the Men's Individual 15–17 event at the Suzuki Cup World Cup held in Japan, while also winning a silver medal in the 15–17 Trio event with Nguyễn Ngọc Anh Vy and Phạm Nhật Phương Trinh. At the Asian Championships that same year, he achieved a hat-trick of three gold medals in the 15–17 age group in the following events: Men's Individual, Trio (with Phạm Nhật Phương Trinh and Huỳnh Tiến Phước), and Group of Five (with Nguyễn Ngọc Anh Vy, Phạm Nhật Phương Trinh, Nguyễn Khánh Hưng, and Huỳnh Tiến Phước).
2018–2019 In 2018, Nguyễn Chế Thanh, together with veteran teammates Lê Hoàng Phong, Trần Ngọc Thúy Vi, Vương Hoài Ân, and Nguyễn Việt Anh, won the gold medal in the Group of Five event at the World Cup in Japan. The five-member team successfully defended their World Cup gold medal in 2019. Also in 2019, Nguyễn Chế Thanh competed at the SEA Games 30 in the Philippines, where he won the gold medal in the Trio event together with Vương Hoài Ân and Nguyễn Việt Anh.
2022 After two years (2020–2021) affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, during which he had to maintain training online, Nguyễn Chế Thanh competed at the SEA Games 31 held in Vietnam, winning a double gold in the Group of Five event (with Lê Hoàng Phong, Trần Ngọc Thúy Vi, Vương Hoài Ân, and Nguyễn Việt Anh) and the Trio event (with Lê Hoàng Phong and Trần Ngọc Thúy Vi). At the 2022 Asian Championships in Thailand, he continued to win two gold medals in the Trio event (with Lê Hoàng Phong and Trần Ngọc Thúy Vi) and the Group of Five event (with Hoàng Gia Bảo, Trương Ngọc Diễm Hằng, Vương Hoài Ân, and Nguyễn Việt Anh). At the 2022 World Championships (Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships) held in Guimarães, Portugal, he and teammates Lê Hoàng Phong, Trần Ngọc Thúy Vi, Vương Hoài Ân, and Nguyễn Việt Anh won the gold medal in the Group of Five event. At the same competition, he won a bronze medal in the Trio event (with Lê Hoàng Phong and Trần Ngọc Thúy Vi).
2023 In 2023, at the World Cup in Japan, Nguyễn Chế Thanh won a gold medal in the Group of Five event (with Lê Hoàng Phong, Trần Ngọc Thúy Vi, Vương Hoài Ân, and Nguyễn Việt Anh), a silver medal in the Trio event (with Lê Hoàng Phong and Hoàng Gia Bảo), and a bronze medal in the Men's Individual event. At the SEA Games 32 in Cambodia, he and his teammates won two gold medals in the Trio event (with Lê Hoàng Phong and Hoàng Gia Bảo) and the Group of Five event (with Lê Hoàng Phong, Trần Ngọc Thúy Vi, Vương Hoài Ân, and Nguyễn Việt Anh). At the 2023 Asian Championships in Mongolia, he won a gold medal in the Group of Five event (with Lê Hoàng Phong, Trần Ngọc Thúy Vi, Vương Hoài Ân, and Nguyễn Việt Anh), a silver medal in the Aerobic Dance event (with Lê Hoàng Phong, Trần Ngọc Thúy Vi, Vương Hoài Ân, Nguyễn Việt Anh, Hoàng Gia Bảo, Trương Ngọc Diễm Hằng, and Trần Phạm Huyền Linh), and a bronze medal in the Trio event (with Hoàng Gia Bảo and Trần Phạm Huyền Linh).
2024 In 2024, Nguyễn Chế Thanh competed at the World Cup in Japan, where he and Lê Hoàng Phong, Trần Ngọc Thúy Vi, Vương Hoài Ân, and Nguyễn Việt Anh won the gold medal in the Group of Five event. Later, at the 2024 Asian Championships, Nguyễn Chế Thanh achieved a hat-trick of three gold medals in the same competition across all three events in which he competed: Men's Individual, Trio (with Lê Hoàng Phong and Trần Ngọc Thúy Vi), and Group of Five (with Lê Hoàng Phong, Trần Ngọc Thúy Vi, Vương Hoài Ân, and Nguyễn Việt Anh). He won a silver medal in the Group of Five event at the 2024 World Championships, together with the same core team of Lê Hoàng Phong, Trần Ngọc Thúy Vi, Vương Hoài Ân, and Nguyễn Việt Anh.
2025 In 2025, at the SEA Games 33, Nguyễn Chế Thanh and his new teammates Hoàng Gia Bảo, Trương Ngọc Diễm Hằng, Phan Thị Uyên Nhi, and Đặng Chí Bảo won the gold medal in the Group of Five event.
2026 In April 2026, at the World Cup held in Japan (Suzuki World Cup 2026), Nguyễn Chế Thanh, together with Hoàng Gia Bảo and Phan Thị Uyên Nhi, won the bronze medal in the Trio event.
Selected achievements Sport +Nguyễn Chế Thanh's sporting achievementsYearCompetitionHostResultSource2015Asian Aerobic ChampionshipsVietnam2015Asian Aerobic ChampionshipsVietnam2016World Aerobic ChampionshipsSouth Korea2016World Aerobic ChampionshipsSouth Korea2017Asian Aerobic ChampionshipsMongolia2017Suzuki World CupJapan2017Suzuki World CupJapan2018Suzuki World CupJapan20192019 Southeast Asian GamesPhilippines2019Suzuki World CupJapan20222021 Southeast Asian GamesVietnam2022Asian Aerobic ChampionshipsThailand2022World Aerobic ChampionshipsPortugal2022World Aerobic ChampionshipsPortugal20232023 Southeast Asian GamesCambodia2023Asian Aerobic ChampionshipsMongolia2023Asian Aerobic ChampionshipsMongolia2023Asian Aerobic ChampionshipsMongolia2023Suzuki World CupJapan2023Suzuki World CupJapan2023Suzuki World CupJapan2024Asian Aerobic ChampionshipsVietnam2024Suzuki World CupJapan2024World Aerobic ChampionshipsItaly20252025 Southeast Asian GamesThailand2026Suzuki World CupJapan
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