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). It has been held biennially since 1991 and is the pinnacle event of the IWUF. The World Wushu Championships also coincides with the IWUF Congress as well as with various committee meetings. This competition additionally serves as the qualification event for the Taolu World Cup and the Sanda World Cup.
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.
"Jayden" Yuan Xiaochao is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete and actor from China. He was a world champion in 2005 and 2007.
Dong Wenfei is a Chinese Sanda fighter and kickboxer who competes in the Featherweight and Lightweight divisions. Dong is a multiple provincial and national Sanshou titlist in China; he acquired an amateur Sanshou record of 37-13. Dong later switched to kickboxing.
Zhu Mingye is a Chinese épée fencer.
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.
Geng Xiaoling is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete who represented Hong Kong. She is one of the most renowned taolu athletes of all time, having been a five-time world champion and a gold medallist at the Asian Games and the East Asian Games.
The Taolu World Cup is an elite-level international sports championship hosted by the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) for the sport of wushu taolu. Athletes qualify by placing in the top-eight of a standard taolu event at the prior World Wushu Championships. Renditions in 2016 and 2018 have been held so far with the 3rd Taolu World Cup being rescheduled first for 2022, but later for 2024.
Han Jing is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete who represented Macau.
Lin Fan is a retired wushu taolu athlete from China.
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.
Wu Zhaohua is a professional wushu taolu athlete from China.
Guo Mengjiao is a wushu taolu athlete from China.
Tomohiro Araya is a taijiquan athlete from Japan.
Xi Cheng Qing is a retired wushu taolu athlete from Macau. She is a triple medalist at the World Wushu Championships, she won the silver medal in women's changquan at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament, and she is a double medalist at the East Asian Games and the Asian Wushu Championships.
He Jianxin is a professional wushu taolu athlete from Hong Kong.
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 international wushu competitions to exist which preceded the World Wushu Championships which started in 1991.
Lai Xiaoxiao, also known as Sunny Lai, is a professional wushu taolu athlete from Anhui, China.
Jian Zengjiao is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete originally from Liaoning, China. He is currently a performer in Cirque du Soleil's Kà and is a coach in Las Vegas, United States.
Chang Zhizhao is a professional wushu taolu athlete from China.
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