Jingyu Wu


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Birth date
Age
01/02/1987 - JIANGXI 
25
Height
Gender
168 cm / 5'6" 
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RankEventYearLocation
Olympic Games
1-49kg2008Beijing, CHN
World Championships
1Flyweight 46-49kg2011Gyeongju, KOR
1Finweight -47kg2007Beijing, CHN
3Flyweight 46-49kg2009Copenhagen, DEN
Asian Games
1Flyweight 46-49kg2010Guangzhou, CHN
Asian Championships
1Bantamweight 49-53kg2012Ho Chi Minh City, VIE
1Flyweight 46-49kg2010Astana, KAZ

Hobbies

Music, movies. (2008teamchina.olympic.cn, 01 May 2008)

Occupation

Student

Education

University of Suzhou / Tianjin Institute of technology , China

Club name

Jiangxi Provincial Weightlifting and Combat Sports Administrative Centre, Jiangxi, CHN

Coach

Chen Liren (CHN) (wujingyu.sports.cn, 2011)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
Wu began practicing taekwondo when she was 12 years old. (womenofchina.cn, 26 Aug 2008)

Hero
China's Olympic diver Gao Min. (wujingyu.sports.cn, 2011)

Awards
Wu was the first Chinese woman to win gold in the 49kg class at both Olympic and Asian Games level, winning at the 2006 Doha Asian Games and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. (womenofchina.cn, 26 Aug 2008, news.xinhuanet.com, 20 Aug 2008)



General
SIGNATURE KICK
She is only 167cm tall but is very flexible, and specialises in axe kicks. (womenofchina.cn, 26 Aug 2008)

PORCELAIN POWER
Her hometown in Jiangxi Province is known as China's 'porcelain capital'. Her uncle is a porcelain maker and she has drawn on porcelain since childhood. She likes to design and write well known sayings on porcelain, sign her name and have her uncle fire them. (womenofchina.cn, 26 Aug 2008)

TAEKWONDO MOVIE
She first entered the public eye by appearing in the movie Taekwondo, where she plays a young taekwondo fan who dreams of becoming a champion. (womenofchina.cn, 26 Aug 2008)

TOUGH START
She started her taekwondo training when she was 12. It was a late start compared with other Chinese elite athletes. She almost gave up the sport when she was trying to enter the national team as many people thought that being tall and having long legs was very important to taekwondo, and she was only 140cm at that time. Thanks to her coach, Wang Zhijie's insistence, she persevered and broke into the national team.
(star.sports.cn 2008)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008


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