Lê Thanh Tùng

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Lê. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Tùng.

Lê Thanh Tùng (born 24 October 1995)^[1] is a Vietnamese artistic gymnast. He is the 2017 Asian vault champion and the 2019 Asian horizontal bar bronze medalist. He is a seven-time SEA Games champion. He represented Vietnam at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Lê Thanh Tùng

Personal information
Born	(1995-10-24) 24 October 1995 (age 29) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Gymnastics career
Sport	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Vietnam
Head coach	Truong Minh Sang
Medal record Representing  Vietnam Asian Championships 2017 Bangkok Vault 2019 Ulaanbaatar Horizontal bar Southeast Asian Games 2015 Singapore Team 2015 Singapore Vault 2017 Kuala Lumpur Team 2017 Kuala Lumpur Vault 2017 Kuala Lumpur Horizontal bar 2021 Vietnam Team 2023 Cambodia Team 2021 Vietnam All-around 2023 Cambodia All-around 2015 Singapore Pommel horse 2019 Philippines All-around 2019 Philippines Vault 2019 Philippines Parallel bars FIG World Cup Event 1st 2nd 3rd Apparatus World Cup 1 0 0 World Challenge Cup 0 1 0 Total 1 1 0

Gymnastics career

Tùng began gymnastics at the age of five because his brother was also a gymnast. He moved to China at the age of eight to improve his training but returned home eight years later due to homesickness.^[2][3]

Tùng competed at the 2014 Asian Games and helped the Vietnamese team finish fifth,^[4] and he advanced into the all-around final, finishing eighth.^[5] He finished 83rd in the all-around qualifications at the 2014 World Championships.^[6] At the 2015 SEA Games, Tùng contributed to Vietnam's team gold medal.^[7] Individually, he won a gold medal in the vault final and a bronze medal in the pommel horse final.^[8][9]

Tùng won a gold medal on the vault at the 2017 Doha World Cup.^[10] He then won a vault gold medal at the 2017 Asian Championships.^[11] Then at the 2017 SEA Games, he helped Vietnam defend the team title by nearly 14 points.^[12] In the event finals, he won gold medals on the vault and horizontal bar.^[13]

Tùng competed at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia, and helped Vietname finish fifth in the team event. He placed eighth in the all-around, fifth in the floor exercise final, and sixth in the vault final.^[1] At the 2018 Szombathely World Challenge Cup, he won a silver medal on the vault.^[14] He won the bronze medal on the horizontal bar at the 2019 Asian Championships despite competing with an injured ankle.^[2][15]

Tùng advanced to the vault final at the 2019 World Championships and placed fifth. As a result, he earned a berth to the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[3][16] He then competed at the 2019 SEA Games and won the all-around bronze medal behind Carlos Yulo and Đinh Phương Thành. He won two more bronze medals in the vault and parallel bars finals.^[17]

At the 2021 SEA Games, Tùng helped Vietnam win the team title, and he won the all-around silver medal behind Yulo.^[18] He then won bronze medals in the rings, parallel bars, and horizontal bar final.^[19] Due to an ankle injury, he only competed on the vault and the horizontal bar at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and he did not advance into either final.^[2][20] At the 2023 SEA Games, Tùng helped Vietnam defend its team title, and he won another all-around silver medal, once again behind Yulo.^[21]