Song Chi Kuan
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Born | 23 December 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wushu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Changquan, Jianshu, Qiangshu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | Macau Wushu Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Song Chi Kuan (Chinese: 宋子君; pinyin: Sòngzijūn; born 23 December 1997) is a professional wushu taolu athlete from Macau.
Career
[edit]Junior
[edit]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.[1]
Senior
[edit]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.[1][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.[3] 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
[edit]Year | Event | CQ | JS | QS |
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Junior | ||||
2012 | Asian Championships | ? | ? | ? |
Senior | ||||
2015 | World Championships | 12 | 14 | 9 |
2016 | World Cup | 6 | 7 | 4 |
2017 | World Championships | 13 | 8 | 12 |
2018 | Asian Games | 4 | ||
World Cup | 7 | |||
2019 | World Championships | 33 | ||
2020 | did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2023 | Asian Games | |||
World Championships | 12 | 14 |
Honours
[edit]Awarded by the SAR of Macau:
See Also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Advancing Personal Achievement – Song Chi Kuan". Sports Bureau of Macau SAR. 2018. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ "14th World Wushu Championships, 2017, Kazan, Russia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2017-10-03. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-11-28.
- ^ a b Sun, Haiguang (2023-09-24). Wang, Chunqiu (ed.). ""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]. Sina Corporation (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ "2nd Taolu World Cup 2018 Yangon Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2018-11-18. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ^ "15th World Wushu Championships, Shanghai, China, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2019-10-23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-11-26.
- ^ "Li Yi Won Two Golds in the World Championships". Sports Bureau of Macau SAR. 2019. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ "Macao bags its first medal at the 19th Asian Games". The Macao News. 2023-12-22 [2023-09-25]. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ Lam, Anthony (2023-10-10). "Team Macau with six medals in Asian Games". Macau Daily Times. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ "China's wushu athletes dominant on Asiad opening day". China Daily. Xinhua News Agency. 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ "HYX 16th World Wushu Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ "Government announces 2023 Decorations, Medals, and Certificates of Merit". Government of Macau. 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2024-07-25.