Wu Jingyu

Wu Jingyu (simplified Chinese: 吴静钰; traditional Chinese: 吳靜鈺; pinyin: Wú Jìngyù; born February 1, 1987) is a female Chinese Taekwondo practitioner who won gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the –49 kg class. She also won several medals at world championships and Asian Games.[1][2]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wu.
Wu Jingyu
Wu Jingyu on a 2008 Somalia stamp
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1987-02-01) February 1, 1987
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Country China
SportTaekwondo
Event(s)-49 kg
ClubJiangxi Provincial Weightlifting and Combat Sports Administrative Centre[1]
Coached byChen Liren[1]
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  China
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 0
World Taekwondo Championships 2 1 1
Asian Games 2 0 0
Asian Taekwondo Championships 1 2 0
Total 7 3 1
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2008 Beijing–49kg
Gold medal – first place2012 London–49kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2007 Beijing–47kg
Gold medal – first place2011 Gyeongju–49kg
Silver medal – second place2015 Chelyabinsk–49kg
Silver medal – second place2019 Manchester–49kg
Bronze medal – third place2009 Copenhagen–49kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha –47kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou –49kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon –49kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 Astana–49kg
Silver medal – second place2006 Bangkok–47kg
Silver medal – second place2008 Luoyang–51kg
Olympic Esports Series
Bronze medal – third place2023 SingaporeVirtual Taekwondo
Updated on 20 May 2019.

Biography

Wu Jingyu started training in taekwondo aged 13. Her signature moves are axe kicks. As of 2012 she was a student at the Tianjin University of Technology and Suzhou University of Science and Technology. Her hobbies are music, movies and drawing sayings on porcelain. Her hometown in Jiangxi Province is known as "China's porcelain capital", and her uncle is a porcelain maker. She played a young taekwondo fan who dreams of becoming a champion in a Chinese movie on Taekwondo.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Jingyu Wu". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-27.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wu Jingyu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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