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Wu Jingyu

Wu Jingyu on a 2008 Somalia stamp
Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1987-02-01) February 1, 1987 (age 37) 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 Taekwondo Championships 2 1 1 Asian Games 2 0 0 Asian Taekwondo 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 female Chinese Taekwondo practitioner who won gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the –49 kg class. She also won several medals at world championships and Asian Games.

Biography

Wu Jingyu started training in taekwondo aged 13. Her signature moves are axe kicks. As of 2012 she was a student at the Tianjin University of Technology and Suzhou University of Science and Technology. Her hobbies are music, movies and drawing sayings on porcelain. Her hometown in Jiangxi Province is known as "China's porcelain capital", and her uncle is a porcelain maker. She played a young taekwondo fan who dreams of becoming a champion in a Chinese movie on Taekwondo.

See also

In Spanish: Wu Jingyu para niños

• China at the 2012 Summer Olympics#Taekwondo
• Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Women's 49 kg