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{{short description|North Korean artistic gymnast}}
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| birth_place = [[Pyongyang]], North Korea
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| headcoach = Ri Chol-Su
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[gymnastics]]}}
{{MedalCountry| {{PRK}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{Medal|Disqualified  | [[2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]] | [[Gymnastics at the 2006 Asian Games|Team]]}}
{{Medal|Disqualified  | [[2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]] | [[Gymnastics at the 2006 Asian Games|Uneven bars]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Gymnastics Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Disqualified  | [[2008 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2008 Doha]]| Uneven Bars}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Universiade]]}}
{{Medal|Disqualified  | [[2009 Summer Universiade|2009 Belgrade]]| Uneven Bars}}
{{Medal|Disqualified  | [[2009 Summer Universiade|2009 Belgrade]]| Team}}
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{{Infobox Korean name|context=north|hangul=차영화|hanja=|mr=Ch'a Yŏnghwa|rr=Cha Yeonghwa}}
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'''Cha Yong-Hwa''' is a North Korean [[Artistic gymnastics|artistic gymnast]]. She competed at the [[2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2007 World Championships]], and represented North Korea at the [[2008 Olympic Games]], replacing [[Hong Su-Jong]].

At the [[2006 Asian Games]], Cha received a silver medal with the North Korean team and an individual bronze medal on the uneven bars. At the [[2008 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships]], she won a silver medal on the uneven bars.

At the 2008 Olympics, Cha competed on two events, [[uneven bars]] and [[balance beam]], in the preliminary round of competition. On bars, she scored a 15.175, which left her 12th out of all competitors in the meet, and qualified her as the third reserve for the bars event final.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics/resultsandschedules/rsc=GAW499000/standings_apparatus.html |title=Team qualifying round apparatus scores |publisher=NBC Olympics |date=2008-08-10 |accessdate=2008-08-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080817184644/http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics/resultsandschedules/rsc=GAW499000/standings_apparatus.html |archivedate=2008-08-17}}</ref>

In 2009, Cha competed at the [[2009 Summer Universiade|Summer Universiade]] in Belgrade, winning a bronze medal with the team and a silver medal on the uneven bars. Later in the year, she competed at the [[2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]], where she qualified to the uneven bars final and finished in fifth place.

Cha's birth date had been listed as 8 January 1990, but in 2014 the [[International Federation of Gymnastics|FIG]] took disciplinary action after discovering that Cha's passport had been modified and her age falsified.<ref name="FIG 2014">{{cite web |title=Disciplinary decisions- the FIG takes action |url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/site/figNews/view?id=808 |website=FIG-gymnastics.com |date=17 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129020434/http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/site/figNews/view?id=808 |archivedate=2014-11-29}}</ref> Her individual results since August 2006, and the results of any team she was part of, have been nullified.<ref name="FIG 2014" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FIG|bio=29673|lic=13505|name=CHA Yong Hwa}}
* {{SR/Olympics profile|ch/cha-yong-hwa-1|Cha Yong-Hwa}}

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[[Category:North Korean female artistic gymnasts]]
[[Category:Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic gymnasts for North Korea]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Gymnasts at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Asian Games gymnasts for North Korea]]
[[Category:21st-century North Korean sportswomen]]