| Wu Zhaohua | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Birth Date: | 9 September 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Zongyang, Anhui, China |
| Occupation: | Martial artist, athlete |
| Height: | 1.7m |
| Weight: | 67kg |
| Sport: | Wushu |
| Event: | Changquan, Daoshu, Gunshu |
| Team: | Jiangsu Wushu Team |
| Coach: | Zhang Li |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Wu Zhaohua (; born: September 9, 1998) is a professional wushu taolu athlete from China.
Wu began to practice wushu at the game of seven.[1] He later joined the Jiangsu Wushu Team to train under Wang Zhengtian.
Wu's first major intentional debut was at the 2016 Asian Wushu Championships in Taoyuan, Taiwan, where he became the Asian champion in men's changquan. A year later, he competed in the 2017 National Games of China and won the silver medal in men's changquan all-around.[2] Near the end of the same year, he won the championship title of the King of Kings Wushu Championship.[3] He then competed in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, where he won the gold medal in men's daoshu and gunshu.[4] [5] A year later, Wu competed at the 2019 World Wushu Championships in Shanghai, China, and won the first gold medal of the competition which was in the men's daoshu event.[6] He also competed with the rest of the China wushu team in the group-set (jiti) event and won another gold medal.[7]
At the 2021 National Games of China, the first major wushu competition since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wu won the gold medal in men's changquan all-around.[8] A year later, he won the gold medal in men's daoshu and gunshu combined at the 2022 World Games.[9] A year later, he won the gold medal in the same event at the 2023 World Combat Games.[10]
| Year | Event | CQ | DS | GS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | |||||||
| 2016 | National Championships | ||||||
| Asian Championships | |||||||
| 2017 | National Games of China | ? | ? | ? | |||
| 2018 | National Championships | ||||||
| Asian Games | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2019 | National Championships | ||||||
| 2020 | did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
| 2021 | National Games of China | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2022 | World Games | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2023 | World Combat Games | 1 | 1 | ||||