Wu Yanan (wushu)
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Born | Xi'an, Shaanxi, China | November 30, 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wushu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Taijiquan, Taijijian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | Shaanxi Wushu Team (-2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Xu Yuru | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "9th World Wushu Championships, 2007, Beijing, China, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation.
- ^ Humphrey, David (2008-07-21). "Chinese martial arts on display at Beijing Houhai school". China Internet Information Center. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "11th World Wushu Championships, 2011, Ankara, Turkey, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation.
External links
[edit]- Athlete profile at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament (archived)
- Wu Yanan at Olympedia
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Chinese tai chi practitioners
- Chinese wushu practitioners
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Asian Games medalists in wushu
- Wushu practitioners at the 2006 Asian Games
- Wushu practitioners at the 2010 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- World Games medalists in wushu
- Competitors at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament
- Sportspeople from Xi'an
- World champion wushu athletes
- Medalists at the 2009 World Games