Seo Hee-ju

Seo Hee-ju
Seo Hee-ju at the 2023 World Wushu Championships in Fort Worth, USA
Personal information
Born (1993-11-18) November 18, 1993 (age 31)
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
SportWushu
Event(s)Changquan, Jianshu, Qiangshu
TeamKorean Wushu Team
Medal record
Women's Wushu Taolu
Representing  South Korea
World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham Jianshu+Qiangshu
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Jakarta Jianshu
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kazan Jianshu
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kazan Qiangshu
Silver medal – second place 2023 Fort Worth Qiangshu
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Shanghai Jianshu
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Jianshu+Qiangshu
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Taoyuan Jianshu
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2017 Taipei Jianshu+Qiangshu

Seo Hee-ju (Korean: 서희주; RR: seohuiju; born November 18, 1993) is a retired wushu taolu athlete from South Korea. She was a two-time world champion and medalist at the World Games and the Asian Games.

Career

Seo made her international debut at the 2009 World Wushu Championships where she finished sixth in qiangshu.[1] She then competed in the 2010 Asian Games and finished 8th in women's changquan. At the 2011 World Wushu Championships, she finished sixth in jianshu.[2] Two years later at the 2013 World Wushu Championships, she finished sixth in changquan and eighth in jianshu.[3]

A year later at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, she won the bronze medal in women's jianshu and qiangshu.[4] A year later, she competed in the 2015 World Wushu Championships and became the world champion in jianshu.[5] She continued to hold this title at the 2017 World Wushu Championships in addition to winning the silver medal in qiangshu.[6] During training a day before she competed at the 2018 Asian Games, she injured her knee and had to withdraw from the competition.[7] A year later, she returned to competition and won the bronze medal in jianshu at the 2019 World Wushu Championships.[8]

After the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, her first major appearance was at the 2022 World Games where she won the bronze medal in jianshu and qiangshu combined. A year later, she competed in the 2022 Asian Games (held in September 2023) and finished fourth in women's jianshu and qiangshu.[9][10] A few months later, she competed in the 2023 World Wushu Championships and won the silver medal in qiangshu. She then declared her retirement shortly after the competition.

See also

References

  1. ^ "10th World Wushu Championships, 2009, Toronto, Canada, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2009-10-30. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-10-24.
  2. ^ "11th World Wushu Championships, 2011, Ankara, Turkey, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2011-10-11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-10-24.
  3. ^ "12th World Wushu Championships, 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2013-11-05. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-10-24.
  4. ^ "[Asian Games] S. Korea adds silver, bronze to wushu medal tally". The Korea Herald. 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  5. ^ "13th World Wushu Championships, 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  6. ^ "14th World Wushu Championships, 2017, Kazan, Russia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  7. ^ Kim, Won (2018-08-19). "Korea's dreams of wushu gold start to come crashing down". JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  8. ^ "15th World Wushu Championships, Shanghai, China, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2019-10-23. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  9. ^ Jee-ho, Yoo (2023-09-21). "(Asiad) Wushu athlete trying to put injury-laden past behind for last hurrah". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  10. ^ "19th Asian Games: All-Round Finals of Wushu". Xinhua. 2023-09-27. Retrieved 2023-11-23.


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