Today, 46 years ago, on December 9, 1979 (October 20, 1979 in the Lunar Calendar), Ma Yuan Red won the first gymnastics world championship in China. On December 9, 1979, Ma Yuan Red won the gymnastics world championship. Ma Yuan Red was born on July 5, 1963. Chinese female gymnastics athlete, returned. She won the 20th World Gymnastics Championship in 1979 and was the first gymnastics world champion in China. At the 23rd Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984, she also won the women's high-low-levels gold medal. In 1981 and 1984 she was awarded the National Sports Medal of Honor awarded by the National Committee.