Wu Yanan (wushu) explained

Wu Yanan
Birth Place:Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Height:1.78m
Sport:Wushu
Event:Taijiquan, Taijijian
Team:Shaanxi Wushu Team (-2011)
Coach:Xu Yuru
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Wu Yanan (; born November 30, 1986) is a retired Chinese wushu taolu and taijiquan athlete of Hui ethnicity.

Career

At an early age, Wu was recommended to study taijiquan with the Shanxi wushu team under Xu Yuru.[1] Wu later made his international debut at the 2005 East Asian Games where he won the gold medal in the taijiquan and taijijian combined event. A year later at the 2006 Asian Games, he won the gold medal in taijiquan. After winning the gold medal in taijiquan at the 2007 World Wushu Championships,[2] he competed and won at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament[3] [4] the 2009 World Games, and the 2010 Asian Games[5] in the same combined event. His last competition was at the 2011 World Wushu Championships where he won a gold medal in taijijian.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 2006-12-14 . 不做大学生练出亚运冠军 四个绣字道出吴雅楠太极梦 . Four embroidered characters express Wu Yanan's dream of Tai Chi . . 2021-04-21.
  2. Web site: 9th World Wushu Championships, 2007, Beijing, China, Results . International Wushu Federation.
  3. News: Humphrey . David . 2008-07-21 . Chinese martial arts on display at Beijing Houhai school . . 2021-04-21.
  4. Web site: 2008-08-23 . C14AQ_Two Events Combined Results_Men's Taijiquan & Taijijian . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080925004904/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BCK/WS/85143.shtml . 2008-09-25 . 2021-04-21 . The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic games.
  5. News: 2010-11-16 . Flash: Wu Yanan of China wins gold in Men's Taijiquan\Taijijian All-Round . . dead . 2021-04-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101121041514/http://www.gz2010.cn/10/1116/16/6LKGPH140078007F.html . 2010-11-21.
  6. Web site: 11th World Wushu Championships, 2011, Ankara, Turkey, Results . International Wushu Federation.