The World Wushu Championships (WWC) is an international sports championship hosted by the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) for the sports of wushu taolu and sanda (sanshou). The tournament has been held biennially since 1991 and is the pinnacle event of the IWUF. The World Wushu Championships also coincides with the IWUF Congress and various committee meetings. This competition additionally serves as the qualification event for the Taolu World Cup and the Sanda World Cup.
Hei Zhihong is a retired competitive wushu athlete from Hong Kong.
The 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was a wushu competition which was held from August 21 to 24, 2008 at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Beijing, China. The tournament was organised by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG), the International Wushu Federation (IWUF), and the Chinese Wushu Association (CWA), and was held in tandem with the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Wushu was contested by both men and women at the 1990 Asian Games in Haidian Gymnasium, Beijing, China from September 29 to October 4, 1990. The wushu competition consisted of three events: Changquan, Nanquan and tai chi, for both genders. The changquan combined event consisted of changquan, one long weapon discipline, and one short weapon discipline. The competition attracted 96 competitors from 11 nations.
"Jayden" Yuan Xiaochao is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete and actor from China. He was a world champion in 2005 and 2007.
The 1991 World Wushu Championships was the 1st edition of the World Wushu Championships. It was held in Beijing, China from October 12 to 16, 1991. This was the first international competition organized by the International Wushu Federation.
The 1993 World Wushu Championships was the 2nd edition of the World Wushu Championships. It was held at the Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from November 21 to November 27, 1993. For the countries in Asia, this was the qualifying event for the 1994 Asian Games.
Zhao Qingjian is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete who is originally from Shandong. Through his numerous successes in national and international competitions, he established himself as one of the greatest wushu taolu athletes of the 2000s.
Jia Rui, is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete from Macau. He was one of the most dominant wushu taolu athletes of the 2000s and the early 2010s, and won the first gold medal for Macau at the Asian Games.
The women's nanquan competition at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, China was held on 29 September at the Haidian Gymnasium.
Gao Jiamin is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete and taijiquan practitioner originally from China. She achieved an impressive competitive career throughout the 1990s and became known as the "Queen of Taiji". Gao has won 32 gold medals in a variety of competitions including the World Wushu Championships, Asian Games, East Asian Games, National Games of China, and various other international and national competitions.
Ma Lingjuan, is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete from Anhui. She is a two-time world champion and Asian champion, and a gold medalist at the 2006 Asian Games, 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament, and the World Games.
The Asian Wushu Championships is a continental wushu championship hosted by the Wushu Federation of Asia (WFA), the official continental representative to the International Wushu Federation. The competition is open to the 37 member nations of the WFA and their respective national teams. Unlike other continental wushu competitions which are held every two years, the Asian Wushu Championships is held every four years to make way for wushu at the Asian Games.
Ng Siu Ching is a former wushu taolu athlete from Hong Kong. She achieved an extensive medal record in international competition, becoming the first taolu athlete to win five gold medals at the World Wushu Championships. Ng also had multiple victories in the Asian Games and the East Asian Games.
Daisuke Ichikizaki is a former wushu taolu athlete from Japan. Through many of his international victories, he has established himself as one of Japan's most renowned wushu athletes of all time.
Li Fai is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete from Hong Kong. She was a four-time world champion and a medalist at the Asian Games and the East Asian Games.
Liu Qinghua is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete from China. She is commonly regarded as one of the greatest female wushu athletes of all time. She is a two-time world champion and Asian Games gold medalist.
Masaru Masuda(増田勝) is a former taijiquan athlete from Japan. He won gold medals at the 1993 East Asian Games and the 1994 Asian Games, being the first Japanese wushu athlete to do so at each respective multi-sport event. He also won a silver medal in taijiquan at the 1993 World Wushu Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Since his competitive career, he assumed a position at Waseda University and has published works on taijiquan.
The International Invitational Wushu Championships, also known as the International Wushu Festivals, were a series of international wushu competitions held from 1985 until the formation of the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) in 1990. These competitions were the first ever international wushu competitions, and preceded the World Wushu Championships which started in 1991.
Zhao Changjun is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete from China. He is regarded as one of the greatest wushu athletes of all time. In wushu circles, it is commonly said the 1970s belonged to Jet Li, the 1980s to Zhao Changjun, and the 1990s to Yuan Wenqing.
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