Dương Thúy Vi

Dương Thúy Vi
Dương Thúy Vi in Fort Worth in 2023
Personal information
Nickname(s)'Hoa Khôi Wushu' ("Miss Wushu")

'Cô Gái Vàng' ("Golden Girl")

'Ngọc nữ' ("Jade Girl")
Born (1993-05-11) May 11, 1993 (age 31)
Hanoi, Vietnam
Sport
SportWushu
Event(s)Changquan, Jianshu Qiangshu
TeamVietnam Wushu Team
Coached byNguyễn Thúy Hiền
Medal record
Women's Wushu Taolu
Representing  Vietnam
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Jianshu+Qiangshu
Silver medal – second place 2013 Cali Jianshu+Qiangshu
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kuala Lumpur Qiangshu
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kazan Qiangshu
Silver medal – second place 2011 Ankara Duilian
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kuala Lumpur Jianshu
Silver medal – second place 2015 Jakarta Jianshu
Silver medal – second place 2015 Jakarta Qiangshu
Silver medal – second place 2019 Shanghai Jianshu
Silver medal – second place 2019 Shanghai Qiangshu
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Ankara Jianshu
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kuala Lumpur Changquan
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Jakarta Changquan
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2016 Fuzhou Jianshu
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Jianshu+Qiangshu
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Jianshu+Qiangshu
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Jianshu+Qiangshu
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Hanoi Jianshu
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Hanoi Duilian
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Taoyuan Qiangshu
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Macau Jianshu
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Naypyidaw Jianshu
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore Jianshu
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Jianshu
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Qiangshu
Gold medal – first place 2021 Hanoi Jianshu
Gold medal – first place 2021 Hanoi Qiangshu
Gold medal – first place 2023 Phnom Penh Qiangshu
Silver medal – second place 2013 Naypyidaw Qiangshu
Silver medal – second place 2015 Singapore Qiangshu
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Palembang Jianshu+Qiangshu
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore Changquan
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Hanoi Changquan
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Singapore Duilian
Silver medal – second place 2006 Kuala Lumpur Jianshu
Silver medal – second place 2010 Singapore Changquan
Silver medal – second place 2010 Singapore Qiangshu
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Bali Changquan
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Macau Changquan
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shanghai Jianshu
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shanghai Qiangshu
Silver medal – second place 2005 Singapore Jianshu (B)
Silver medal – second place 2007 Yeongju Changquan (B)
Silver medal – second place 2007 Yeongju Qiangshu (B)
Silver medal – second place 2009 Macau Qiangshu
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Singapore Qiangshu (B)
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Macau Jianshu
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shanghai Changquan

Dương Thúy Vi (born May 11, 1993) is a wushu taolu athlete from Vietnam. She is one of the most renowned wushu athletes of all time, having won numerous medals at the World Wushu Championships, Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games, and the Asian Wushu Championships.

Early life

Thúy Vi was born to a father who practiced shaolinquan and a mother who was a wing chun fighter, and started martial arts training under her parents at the age of three.[1] When she was seven, her father took one of her cousins to practice wushu to lose weight and thus Thúy Vi discovered modern wushu taolu.[2]

Career

Junior, 2005-2011

Thúy Vi made her international debut at the 2005 Asian Junior Wushu Championships where she won a silver medal in jianshu and a bronze medal in qiangshu.[3] She also won a silver medal in jianshu at the 1st World Junior Wushu Championships in 2006.[4] The following year, she won silver medals in changquan qiangshu at the 2007 Asian Junior Wushu Championships.[5] Two years later, Thúy Vi was the Asian junior champion in changquan and a bronze medalist in jianshu after competing in the 2009 Asian Junior Wushu Championships.[6] Her last junior competition was at the 2011 Asian Junior Wushu Championships where she was the Asian junior champion in jianshu and qiangshu and also won a bronze medal in changquan.[7]

Senior

2011-2014

Thúy Vi first competed in the 2011 Southeast Asian Games where she won the bronze medal in women's jianshu and qiangshu combined.[8] She then competed in the 2011 World Wushu Championships where she won a silver medal in duilian and a bronze medal in jianshu.[9] In 2012, she competed in the Asian Wushu Championships in Hanoi and won a silver medal in jianshu and a bronze medal in duilian with Hoàng Thị Phương Giang.[10]

The following year, the won a gold medal in jianshu and a silver medal in qiangshu at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games.[11] Shortly after, Thúy Vi became the world champion in qiangshu and a silver medalist in jianshu at the 2013 World Wushu Championships.[12] These repeated victories prepared her for the 2014 Asian Games where she was the gold medalist in women's jianshu and qiangshu, thus achieving Vietnam's first gold medal in wushu at the Asian Games and only gold at the 2014 games.[13] This victory led Thúy Vi to be the first Vietnamese athlete to be featured in a CNN publication in the United States.[14][15]

2014-19

At the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, Thúy Vi won medals of all colors with a gold victory in jianshu.[16] Shortly after this, she was a double silver medalist in her weapons events and a bronze medalist in changquan at the 2015 World Wushu Championships.[17] This qualified her for the 2016 Taolu World Cup where she won the silver medal in jianshu. She then competed in the 2016 Asian Wushu Championships and was a bronze medalist in qiangshu.[18]

A year later, she was a double gold medalist in jianshu and qiangshu at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games,[19] and was the world champion in qiangshu once again at the 2017 World Wushu Championships.[20] Thúy Vi then competed in the 2018 Asian Games and won the bronze medal in women's jianshu and qiangshu. A year later, she competed at the 2019 World Wushu Championships where she won two silver medals in jianshu and qiangshu.[21]

2022-present

Thúy Vi's first major competition after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic was the 2021 Southeast Asian Games (hosted in 2022) where she won gold medals in jianshu and qiangshu and a bronze in changquan.[22] Shortly after, she won the gold medal in women's jianshu and qiangshu combined at the 2022 World Games, the first medal for Vietnam at the 2022 games.[23]

In May 2023, she won the gold medal in women's jianshu and qiangshu combined in the 2023 SEA Games.[24] In September, she won the bronze medal in the women's jianshu and qiangshu competition at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.[25][26] Shortly after, she competed in the 2023 World Combat Games and finished 5th in women's jianshu and qiangshu combined. She then competed in the 2023 World Wushu Championships and finished 6th in changquan and 13th in jianshu and qiangshu.[27] Nearly a year later, she won the bronze medal in jianshu at the 2024 Asian Wushu Championships.[28]

Competitive history

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Year Event CQ JS QS AA GRP
Junior
2005 Asian Junior Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2006 World Junior Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2007 Asian Junior Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2008 World Junior Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 4
2009 Asian Junior Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2010 World Junior Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2011 Asian Junior Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Senior
2011 World Championships 6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Southeast Asian Games ? ? 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2012 Asian Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2013 World Games 2 2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Southeast Asian Games 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2014 Asian Games 1 1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2015 Southeast Asian Games 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2016 Taolu World Cup 5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6
Asian Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2017 Southeast Asian Games 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships 6 9 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 Asian Games 2 3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019 World Championships 18 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2020 did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022 Southeast Asian Games 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Games 1 1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023 Southeast Asian Games 1 1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Asian Games 6 2 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Combat Games 6 4 5
World Championships 6 13 13
2024 Asian Championships 17 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7

See also

References

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