Wu Jingyu

Who is Wu Jingyu?

Wu Jingyu is a female Chinese Taekwondo practitioner who won gold medal at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the –49 kg class.

Hobbies

Music, movies.

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

Additional information

Start of sporting career Wu began practicing taekwondo when she was 12 years old.

Hero China's Olympic diver Gao Min.

Awards Wu was the first Chinese woman to win gold in the 49 kg class at both Olympic and Asian Games level, winning at the 2006 Doha Asian Games and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

General SIGNATURE KICK She is only 167 cm tall but is very flexible, and specialises in axe kicks.

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.