Colvin Wang
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| Born | August 24, 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1999-2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wushu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Changquan, Jianshu, Qiangshu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University team | UVA Wushu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | US Wushu Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Lu Xiaolin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Colvin Wang (born August 24, 1992) is a former wushu taolu athlete from the United States of America. He won a gold medal at the 2013 World Games.
Career[edit]
Wang started practicing wushu at the age of six under Lu Xiaolin.[1] His first major international appearance was at the 2006 Pan American Wushu Championships in Toronto, Canada, where he won bronze medals in changquan, daoshu, and gunshu.[2] He then competed at the 2007 World Wushu Championships in Beijing, China, where he placed sixth in jianshu and fifth in qiangshu.[3] This qualified him for the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament where he was the youngest athlete of the competition and placed fifth in the men's jianshu and qiangshu combined event.[4] He then appeared at the 2008 World Junior Wushu Championships in Bali, Indonesia, and won the silver medal in group A qiangshu.[5] A year later, Wang competed at the 2009 World Wushu Championships in Toronto, Canada, and won a silver medal in qiangshu.[6] Two years later, he was a triple medalist at the 2011 World Wushu Championships in Ankara, Turkey.[2][7] His last competition was at the 2013 World Games in Cali, Colombia, where he won the gold medal in men's changquan.[8] Wang is the second American taolu athlete behind Alfred Hsing to win a gold medal at a major international competition.
References[edit]
- ^ Kieff, Leah (2008-06-11). "Getting to Know...Colvin Wang, who will be competing in the Summer Olympics in China". Connection Newspapers. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
- ^ a b Alpanseque, Emilio (2011). "Interview with Colvin Wang: A World Wushu Triple-Medalist Reveals His Secrets For Success". Kung Fu Magazine. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
- ^ "9th World Wushu Championships, 2007, Beijing, China, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2007-11-14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
- ^ "C14AO_Two Events Combined Results_Men's Jianshu & Qiangshu". The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games. 2008-08-23. Archived from the original on 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
- ^ "The 2nd World Junior Wushu Championship 2008" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2008-12-13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-11-03. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
- ^ "10th World Wushu Championships, 2009, Toronto, Canada, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2009-10-25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
- ^ "11th World Wushu Championships, 2011, Ankara, Turkey, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2011-10-14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
- ^ "Schedule & Results, Wushu". www.worldgames2013.sportresult.com. Archived from the original on 2020-08-11.
External links[edit]
- 1992 births
- Living people
- American wushu practitioners
- Competitors at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament
- World Games gold medalists for the United States
- World Games medalists in wushu
- University of Virginia alumni
- Stanford University alumni
- Sportspeople from Fairfax, Virginia
- Medalists at the 2013 World Games