Name: Laura Zeng
Sport: Gymnastics
Discipline(s):
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Event(s): Individual
Height: 5-3
Weight: 95
DOB: 10/14/1999
Birthplace: Hartford, Conn.
Hometown: Libertyville, Ill.
High School: Libertyville High School (Libertyville, Ill.) '18
Team/Club: North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center
Olympic Experience
- Two-time Olympian (2016, 2020)
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 13th (individual all-around)
- Olympic Games Rio 2016, 11th
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2019 – 5th (ribbon), 10th (all-around)
- Years of participation: 2015, 2017-2019
- Top finish: 5 – 2017 (ribbon), 2019 (ribbon)
Youth Olympic Games Experience
- Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games, bronze (all-around)
- Became the first U.S. rhythmic gymnast to win a medal at an Olympic or Youth Olympic Games.
Other Career Highlights
- 2015 Pan American Games, gold (all-around, hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon)
- Became only the second rhythmic athlete ever to sweep all five Pan Am Games medals (2015).
Personal:
Daughter of Li Chen and Tian Zeng...Has one sister, Yecca...Began gymnastics in 2007...Hobbies include reading, cooking, watching TV/movies and dancing...Favorite food is Italian...Favorite music artist is Michael Bublé...Speaks Mandarin Chinese.
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