Wu Jingyu facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Wu Jingyu

Wu Jingyu on a 2008 Somalia stamp
Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1987-02-01) February 1, 1987 (age 38) Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China
Height	168 cm
Weight	49 kg
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Taekwondo
Event(s)	-49 kg
Club	Jiangxi Provincial Weightlifting and Combat Sports Administrative Centre
Coached by	Chen Liren
Medal record Women's taekwondo Representing  China Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 0 0 World Championships 2 1 1 Asian Games 2 0 0 Asian Championships 1 2 0 Total 7 3 1 Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing –49kg Gold 2012 London –49kg World Championships Gold 2007 Beijing –47kg Gold 2011 Gyeongju –49kg Silver 2015 Chelyabinsk –49kg Silver 2019 Manchester –49kg Bronze 2009 Copenhagen –49kg Asian Games Gold 2006 Doha –47kg Gold 2010 Guangzhou –49kg Bronze 2014 Incheon –49kg Asian Championships Gold 2010 Astana –49kg Silver 2006 Bangkok –47kg Silver 2008 Luoyang –51kg Olympic Esports Series Bronze 2023 Singapore Virtual Taekwondo
Updated on 20 May 2019.

Wu Jingyu (simplified Chinese: 吴静钰; traditional Chinese: 吳靜鈺; pinyin: Wú Jìngyù; born February 1, 1987) is a famous Chinese Taekwondo athlete. She won gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the –49 kg weight class. She also earned many medals at world championships and Asian Games.

Wu Jingyu's Life and Taekwondo Journey

Early Life and Interests

Wu Jingyu started learning taekwondo when she was 13 years old. Her special moves include powerful axe kicks. She studied at Tianjin University of Technology and Suzhou University of Science and Technology. Wu Jingyu enjoys music, movies, and drawing sayings on porcelain. Her hometown, Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Province, is famous for its porcelain. Her uncle is even a porcelain maker. She once acted in a Chinese movie about taekwondo, playing a young fan who dreamed of becoming a champion.

Amazing Career Highlights

Wu Jingyu has had a very successful career in taekwondo, winning many important competitions.

Early Wins

In 2006, Wu Jingyu won China's first International Open in the 47kg category. She beat Wang Ying, a world champion who was much taller than her. Later that year, she won the National Championship in the 51kg category. In December 2006, at the Asian Games in Doha, she won her first international championship. She defeated Yang Shujun from Chinese Taipei, earning China's first-ever taekwondo gold medal at the Asian Games.

World Champion Titles

In 2007, Wu Jingyu won the 47kg final at the National World Championships. She also won the 47kg championship at the Beijing World Championships that same year.

Olympic Gold Medals

In 2008, she won the 49kg category at the Good Luck Beijing International Invitational Tournament. She also won the 51kg category at the National Taekwondo Championships. On August 9, 2012, Wu Jingyu won her second Olympic gold medal at the London Olympics. In the women's 49kg final, she easily beat Spanish player Jager with a score of 8-1. This win meant she kept her championship title in this event.

More International Success

In 2009, she earned third place in the 49kg category at the Copenhagen World Championships. In 2010, she won third place in the women's 49 kg taekwondo category at the first World Martial Arts Games in Beijing. On November 17, she won the 49kg taekwondo final at the Guangzhou Asian Games. She easily defeated her Japanese opponent to take the championship. In December, she won the 53kg championship at the "Glory Walk" Adidas Cup Taekwondo National Championship.

Return to Competition

After taking a break, Wu Jingyu returned to taekwondo in 2019. On February 3, 2019, she won the women's under 53 kg final at the World Taekwondo Federation Fujairah Open. She beat her teammate Liu Kaiqi with a score of 26:2 in her first competition back. On April 28, 2019, she won the women's under-49 kg final at the 2019 World Taekwondo Grand Slam Championship Series Spring Qualifiers. She defeated South Korean player Jiang Baola. On October 21, 2019, Wu Jingyu won the women's 49kg final at the 2019 World Taekwondo Grand Prix Sofia Station. She beat Rio Olympic champion Kim So-hee of South Korea. This was her first World Taekwondo Grand Prix win in four years. In December 2019, she earned runner-up at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Finals in Moscow, Russia, and at the World Taekwondo Grand Slam Championship Series in Wuxi, Jiangsu.

Recent Activities

Wu Jingyu was chosen to be part of the Chinese Sports Delegation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on July 14, 2021. At the Tokyo Olympics on July 24, she lost in the quarter-finals of the women's 49kg taekwondo category. She then lost in the rematch, missing a chance for her third Olympic medal. On February 3, 2022, Wu Jingyu was a torchbearer for the Beijing Winter Olympics. She took part in the torch relay at Badaling Great Wall. On June 25, 2023, Wu Jingyu won third place in the "Virtual Taekwondo" event at the first Olympic e-sports week in Singapore. This was the first medal for the Chinese team in Olympic esports history. On June 30, 2023, she was elected as a co-chairman of the World Taekwondo Athletes Committee. In September, she served as an arbitration committee member at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou.

See also

• China at the 2012 Summer Olympics#Taekwondo
• Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Women's 49 kg
• List of Olympic medalists in taekwondo