Wu Yanan (wushu)

Wu Yanan
Personal information
Born (1986-11-30) November 30, 1986
Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
SportWushu
Events
Taijiquan, Taijijian
TeamShaanxi Wushu Team (-2011)
Coached byXu Yuru
Medal record
Representing  China
Men's Wushu Taolu
Olympic Games (Unofficial)
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingTaijiquan+Taijijian
World Games
Gold medal – first place2009 KaohsiungTaijiquan+Taijijian
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2007 BeijingTaijiquan
Gold medal – first place2011 AnkaraTaijijian
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2006 DohaTaijiquan+Taijijian
Gold medal – first place2010 GuangzhouTaijiquan+Taijijian
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2008 MacauTaijiquan
East Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2005 MacauTaijiquan

Wu Yanan (Chinese: 吴雅楠; pinyin: Wúyǎnán; 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.[1] 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]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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]. Sina Sports. 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  2. ↑ "9th World Wushu Championships, 2007, Beijing, China, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation.
  3. ↑ Humphrey, David (2008-07-21). "Chinese martial arts on display at Beijing Houhai school". China Internet Information Center. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  4. ↑ "C14AQ_Two Events Combined Results_Men's Taijiquan & Taijijian". The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic games. 2008-08-23. Archived from the original on 2008-09-25. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  5. ↑ "Flash: Wu Yanan of China wins gold in Men's Taijiquan\Taijijian All-Round". Guangzhou 2010. 2010-11-16. Archived from the original on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  6. ↑ "11th World Wushu Championships, 2011, Ankara, Turkey, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation.
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