Chinese wushu practitioner
Wu Yanan
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Born | (1986-11-30) November 30, 1986 (age 37) Xi'an, Shaanxi, China |
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Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
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Sport | Wushu |
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Event(s) | Taijiquan, Taijijian |
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Team | Shaanxi Wushu Team (-2011) |
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Coached by | Xu Yuru |
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Wu Yanan (Chinese: 吴雅楠; pinyin: Wúyǎnán; born November 30, 1986) is a retired Chinese wushu taolu and taijiquan athlete of Hui ethnicity.
Career
At an early age, Wu was recommended to study taijiquan with the Shanxi wushu team under Xu Yuru.[1] Wu later made his international debut at the 2005 East Asian Games where he won the gold medal in the taijiquan and taijijian combined event. A year later at the 2006 Asian Games, he won the gold medal in taijiquan.[1] After winning the gold medal in taijiquan at the 2007 World Wushu Championships,[2] he competed and won at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament[3][4] the 2009 World Games, and the 2010 Asian Games[5] in the same combined event. His last competition was at the 2011 World Wushu Championships where he won a gold medal in taijijian.[6]
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