Đỗ Thị Ngân Thương

Đỗ Thị Ngân Thương (born March 10, 1989, in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese artistic gymnast. Thương is the 2005 Southeast Asian Games and 2007 Southeast Asian Games champion on the balance beam and 2007 bronze medalist on the floor exercise. Thương competed at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she did not reach any event final.

Đỗ Thị Ngân Thuơng
Full nameĐỗ Thị Ngân Thương
Country represented Vietnam
Born (1989-03-10) March 10, 1989 (age 35)
Hanoi, Vietnam
Height4 ft 9 in (1.45 m)
Weight43 kg (95 lb)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior
Years on national team9
Head coach(es)Do Thuy Giang
Assistant coach(es)You Yanan
ChoreographerDo Thuy Giang
Medal record
Artistic Gymnastics
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Hanoi Team
Gold medal – first place 2003 Hanoi Uneven Bars
Gold medal – first place 2005 Manila Balance Beam
Gold medal – first place 2005 Manila All-around
Gold medal – first place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Balance Beam
Gold medal – first place 2011 Palembang Balance Beam
Gold medal – first place 2011 Palembang Uneven Bars

Thương participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she became the first gymnast to represent Vietnam in Olympic competition.[1] She competed only in the preliminary round of competition, where among 82 gymnasts, she placed 15th on vault, 51st on balance beam, 79th on uneven bars, 82nd on floor exercise and 59th overall, and did not qualify for the all-around or individual event finals.

On August 15, 2008, the International Olympic Committee announced that Thương had tested positive for the banned substance furosemide.[2] IOC medical commission chairman Arne Ljungqvist stated that Thương's use of furosemide was likely to be accidental, and the result of receiving poor information on doping restrictions. Nonetheless, she was expelled from the Olympic Games and her athlete accreditation was revoked.[3] In 2012, she competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games and did not advance to any finals.

References

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  1. ^ 22 athletes to compete at Beijing Olympics Archived August 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Two more athletes fail dope tests". BBC News. August 15, 2008.
  3. ^ "2 more athletes fail doping tests". CBC News. August 15, 2008. Do made a return to international competition, competing as a part of the three-member Vietnamese team, at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Do qualified 6th to the Women's Vault final and 11th overall to the All-Around competition. She finished 8th in the All-Around final and 7th in the Women's Vault final.
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