Vietnamese wushu practitioner
Phạm Quốc Khánh
Born (1990-09-02 ) 2 September 1990 (age 34) Hanoi , VietnamHeight 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Weight 69 kg (152 lb) Sport Wushu Event(s) Nanquan , Nandao , Nangun Team Vietnamese Wushu Team
Phạm Quốc Khánh (born 2 September 1990) is a wushu athlete from Vietnam.[ 1]
Career
Khánh's first major international victory was at the 2006 Asian Games , where he won the silver medal in men's nanquan .[ 2] [ 3] A year later, he became the world champion in nanquan at the 2007 World Wushu Championships .[ 4] He also won the silver medal in nanquan at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games . Two years later, he competed in the 2009 Southeast Asian Games and was able to win the gold medal in nanquan. Almost a year later at the 2010 Asian Games , he won the bronze medal in men's nanquan .
At the 2011 Southeast Asian Games , he won another silver medal in nanquan. Two years later, he won a silver medal in nangun at the 2013 World Wushu Championships [ 5] followed by a gold medal in the same event and a bronze medal in nandao at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games . At the 2015 Southeast Asian Games , he won another silver medal in nanquan.
Two years later, he was a double silver medalist at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games , achieving victories in nanquan and nandao. At the 2017 World Wushu Championships , he won the bronze medal in nanquan.[ 6] He was able to qualify for the 2018 Taolu World Cup and went on to win a silver in nanquan. That same year, he won the silver medal in men's nanquan at the 2018 Asian Games . At the 2019 Southeast Asian Games , he was a double medalist, winning the gold medal in nanquan and a bronze medal in nandao and nangun combined. At the 2021 Southeast Asian Games , he won the gold medal in nandao and a silver medal in nangun and declared his retirement.[ 7]
References
^ "PHAM Quoc Khanh | Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang" . Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang . Retrieved 2018-08-29 .
^ "15th Asian Games Doha 2006" . 2007-01-07. Archived from the original on 2007-01-07. Retrieved 2018-08-29 .
^ "15th Asian Games Doha 2006" . 2007-02-18. Archived from the original on 2007-02-18. Retrieved 2018-08-29 .
^ "9th World Wushu Championships, 2007, Beijing, China, Results" (PDF) . International Wushu Federation .
^ "12th World Wushu Championships, 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Results" (PDF) . International Wushu Federation .
^ "14th World Wushu Championships, 2017, Kazan, Russia, Results" (PDF) . International Wushu Federation .
^ Nguyen, Dang (2022-05-15). "VĐV wushu Phạm Quốc Khánh và lời chia tay ngọt ngào sau SEA Games 31" [Wushu athlete Pham Quoc Khanh and a sweet farewell after the 31st SEA Games]. Lao Động (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2022-07-09 .