2007 World Wushu Championships | |
---|---|
Venue | Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium |
Location | Beijing, China |
Start date | November 11, 2007 |
End date | November 17, 2007 |
Competitors | 1000 from 89 nations |
The 2007 World Wushu Championships was the 9th edition of the World Wushu Championships. [1] It was held at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Beijing, China from November 11 to November 17, 2007. Nearly 1,000 athletes from 89 IWUF national federations participated in the event. [2] The competition also acted as a qualifier for the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament and the 2009 World Games.
* Host nation (Host nation (China))
Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | China * | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
2 | Macau | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
3 | Vietnam | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
4 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
5 | Hong Kong | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
6 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
7 | Iran | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
8 | Malaysia | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
9 | Philippines | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
10 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
11 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
12 | Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
13 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
15 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
16 | South Korea | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
17 | Egypt | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
18 | Myanmar | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
19 | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
20 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
22 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Brazil | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Canada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
25 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
North Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (30 entries) | 40 | 40 | 57 | 137 |
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.
The 2003 World Wushu Championships was the 7th edition of the World Wushu Championships. It was held at the Indoor Stadium of the Macau Polytechnic Institute in Macau, China from November 3 to November 7, 2003. 411 athletes from 59 IWUF national federations participated in this event. This is the first edition where women's sanshou was added.
"Jayden" Yuan Xiaochao is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete and actor from China. He was a world champion in 2005 and 2007.
The 2013 World Wushu Championships was the 12th edition of the World Wushu Championships. It was held at the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from November 1 to November 5, 2013.
Xu Huihui is an actress and former competitive wushu taolu athlete who lives in the United States. She is a three-time world champion and is one of the most renowned athletes to represent a European country at the World Wushu Championships. In her acting career, she is best known for portraying Helen Takahama / Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Black Widow and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
The 1991 World Wushu Championships was the 1st edition of the World Wushu Championships. It was held in Beijing, China from October 12 to October 16, 1991. This was the first international competition held and organized by the International Wushu Federation.
The 2019 World Wushu Championships was the 15th edition of the World Wushu Championships. It was held at the Minhang Gymnasium in Shanghai, China from October 20 to October 23, 2019.
The United States of America Wushu Kungfu Federation (USAWKF) is the governing body of wushu-kungfu in the United States. The USAWKF manages and selects the members of the US Wushu Team to compete in various international competitions including the World Wushu Championships, World Junior Wushu Championships, World Kungfu Championships, and the World Taijiquan Championships. The USAWKF also develops regional and national activities relating to Wushu, and has had great influence on how wushu taolu and sanda events are run in the United States. The USAWKF is a member of the Pan-American Wushu Federation (PAWF) and the International Wushu Federation (IWUF).
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.
The China national wushu team represents China in IWUF international competitions. In its entire history, the China national wushu team has never been undefeated on any medal-table in terms of the number of gold medals won.
The 2014 Nanjing Youth Wushu Tournament was a wushu competition which was held from August 22 to 24, 2014 at the Gaochun Gymnasium in Nanjing, China. The name "Nanjing Youth Wushu Tournament" was used to specify that wushu was only an invitational sport at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and not an official event.
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 sanshou 52 kilograms competition at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was held from 21 to 24 August at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.
Willy Reyes Wang is a former wushu taolu athlete from the Philippines. He is one of the most decorated Filipino wushu athletes of all time in international competition and became especially renowned after his gold medal victory at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament.
Wu Yanan is a retired Chinese wushu taolu and taijiquan athlete of Hui ethnicity.
Ai Uchida, previously known as Ai Miyaoka, is a former wushu taolu and taijiquan athlete from Japan. She was a multiple-time medalist at the World Wushu Championships and the Asian Games, and also won the bronze medal in women's taijiquan at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament. She is Japan's most renowned wushu athlete at the Asian Games.
Colvin Wang is a former wushu taolu athlete from the United States of America. He won a gold medal at the 2013 World Games.
He Jing De is a former competitive wushu taolu athlete and stuntman originally from China. He was a member of the Beijing Wushu Team, an original member of Cirque du Soleil's KA, and a renowned athlete representing Hong Kong. He is a two-time world champion and medalist at the Asian Games and the East Asian Games, and is especially remembered for his unique wushu style.
Yuen Ka Ying is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete from Hong Kong.
Cao Jing is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete from China.