There are many different athletes who are born and raised in different countries. I chose to do my report on Liang Chow because my favorite sport is gymnastics and Gabby Douglas was one of Liang Chow’s students and shes now a well known gymnast. Liang Chow did gymnastics but retired and became a gymnastics coach.

Next, Liang Chow was born in Beijing, China on January 1st, 1968. I learned that China is located in East Asia and the capital of China is Beijing which Liang Chow was born in. China’s population is more than 1.3 billion which is the largest population in the world. China is the second biggest economy in the world …show more content…
Liang chow was a men’s artistic gymnast who was a very healthy and fit gymnast, although he did not have a certain or special diet. Before 1992 he suffered a back injury and retired from competition. Liang was only 10 years of age when he started to become successful, he became China's national junior champion. In 1998 Chow moved to west Des Moines, Iowa and created his own gym named Chow's gymnastics and dance institute. Chow trained Shawn Johnson and Gabby Douglas who are now famous gymnasts. Chow married Liwen Zhuang who was also a gymnast and they now have a child named kevin. Chow’s aunt who was earning a PhD at the University of Iowa in West Des Moines suggested Chow come to the United States. Chow later became a U.S. citizen in 2002. Chow became a coaching assistant at the University of Iowa but spoke little English so he demonstrated most of the gymnastic skills himself. Chow’s name spelled the chinese way is Qiao but he later changed it so that people in America could better understand it. When chow was on the Chinese national men’s team he won a bronze medal and one year later he won the World Cup master championship. Chow pushes his