Song Chi Kuan Explained

Song Chi Kuan
Birth Date:23 December 1997
Sport:Wushu
Event:Changquan, Jianshu, Qiangshu
Team:Macau Wushu Team

Song Chi Kuan (; born 23 December 1997) is a professional wushu taolu athlete from Macau.

Career

Junior

Song originally practiced gymnastics as a kid and later started learning wushu around the age of nine.[1] At the age of fourteen, he made his international debut at the 2012 Asian Wushu Championships in Hanoi.

Senior

Song made his senior debut at the 2015 World Wushu Championships in Jakarta. Despite placing under the top-8 in his events, he still was invited to compete in the 2016 Taolu World Cup in Fuzhou. After competing in the 2017 World Wushu Championships in Kazan,[2] he finished fourth in men's changquan at the 2018 Asian Games.[3] Shortly after, he won a bronze medal in changquan at the 2018 Taolu World Cup in Yangon.[4] A year later at the 2019 World Wushu Championships in Shanghai, he won bronze medals in jianshu and qiangshu.[5] [6]

In July of 2023, Song went to train in Gansu under Chang Zhizhao. Two months later, he won the bronze medal in men's changquan at the Asian Games that year.[7] [8] [9] A few months later, he competed in the 2023 World Wushu Championships where he became the world champion in men's jianshu.[10]

Competitive history

YearEventCQJSQS
Junior
2012Asian Championships???
Senior
2015World Championships12149
2016World Cup674
2017World Championships13812
2018Asian Games4
World Cup7
2019World Championships33
2020did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic
2023Asian Games
World Championships1214

Honours

Awarded by the SAR of Macau:

See Also

References

  1. News: 2018 . Advancing Personal Achievement – Song Chi Kuan . 2024-07-25 . Sports Bureau of Macau SAR.
  2. Web site: 2017-10-03 . 14th World Wushu Championships, 2017, Kazan, Russia, Results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201128070700/http://www.iwuf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/14th-World-Wushu-Championships-2017-_Kazan-Russia_Results.pdf . 2020-11-28 . International Wushu Federation.
  3. News: Sun . Haiguang . 2023-09-24 . Wang . Chunqiu . "希望武术能入奥",杭州亚运会中国澳门队获首枚奖牌 . "I hope Wushu can be included in the Olympics", the Chinese Macau team won its first medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games . 2024-07-25 . . zh.
  4. Web site: 2018-11-18 . 2nd Taolu World Cup 2018 Yangon Results . 2021-12-16 . International Wushu Federation.
  5. Web site: 2019-10-23 . 15th World Wushu Championships, Shanghai, China, Results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191126151656/http://www.iwuf.org:80/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/%E7%AC%AC%E5%8D%81%E4%BA%94%E5%B1%8A%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E6%AD%A6%E6%9C%AF%E9%94%A6%E6%A0%87%E8%B5%9B_%E6%88%90%E7%BB%A9%E5%86%8C.pdf . 2019-11-26 . International Wushu Federation.
  6. Web site: 2019 . Li Yi Won Two Golds in the World Championships . 2024-07-25 . Sports Bureau of Macau SAR.
  7. News: 2023-12-22 . 2023-09-25 . Macao bags its first medal at the 19th Asian Games . 2024-07-25 . The Macao News.
  8. News: Lam . Anthony . 2023-10-10 . Team Macau with six medals in Asian Games . limited . 2023-07-25 . Macau Daily Times.
  9. News: 2023-09-24 . China's wushu athletes dominant on Asiad opening day . 2024-07-25 . . Xinhua News Agency.
  10. Web site: 2023-11-20 . HYX 16th World Wushu Championships Results Book . 2024-07-25 . International Wushu Federation.
  11. Web site: 2023-12-19 . Government announces 2023 Decorations, Medals, and Certificates of Merit . 2024-07-25 . Government of Macau.

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