Song Chi Kuan

Song Chi Kuan
Personal information
Born (1997-12-23) 23 December 1997 (age 27)
Sport
SportWushu
Event(s)Changquan, Jianshu, Qiangshu
TeamMacau Wushu Team
Medal record
Representing  Macau
Men's Wushu Taolu
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Fort Worth Jianshu
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Shanghai Jianshu
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Shanghai Qiangshu
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2024 Yokohama Changquan
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Yangon Changquan
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Changquan
In this Chinese name, the family name is Song.

Song Chi Kuan (Chinese: 宋子君; pinyin: Sòngzijūn; born 23 December 1997) is a professional wushu taolu athlete from Macau.

Career

Junior

Song originally practiced gymnastics as a kid and later started learning wushu around the age of nine.[1] At the age of fourteen, he made his international debut at the 2012 Asian Wushu Championships in Hanoi.[1]

Senior

Song made his senior debut at the 2015 World Wushu Championships in Jakarta. Despite placing under the top-8 in his events, he still was invited to compete in the 2016 Taolu World Cup in Fuzhou. After competing in the 2017 World Wushu Championships in Kazan,[2] he finished fourth in men's changquan at the 2018 Asian Games.[1][3] Shortly after, he won a bronze medal in changquan at the 2018 Taolu World Cup in Yangon.[4] A year later at the 2019 World Wushu Championships in Shanghai, he won bronze medals in jianshu and qiangshu.[5][6]

In July of 2023, Song went to train in Gansu under Chang Zhizhao.[3] Two months later, he won the bronze medal in men's changquan at the Asian Games that year.[7][8][9] A few months later, he competed in the 2023 World Wushu Championships where he became the world champion in men's jianshu.[10]

Competitive history

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Year Event CQ JS QS
Junior
2012 Asian Championships ? ? ?
Senior
2015 World Championships 12 14 9
2016 World Cup 6 7 4
2017 World Championships 13 8 12
2018 Asian Games 4
World Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7
2019 World Championships 33 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2020 did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic
2023 Asian Games 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships 12 1st place, gold medalist(s) 14

Honours

Awarded by the SAR of Macau:

See Also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Advancing Personal Achievement – Song Chi Kuan". Sports Bureau of Macau SAR. 2018. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  2. ^ "14th World Wushu Championships, 2017, Kazan, Russia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2017-10-03. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-11-28.
  3. ^ a b Sun, Haiguang (2023-09-24). Wang, Chunqiu (ed.). ""希望武术能入奥"，杭州亚运会中国澳门队获首枚奖牌" ["I hope Wushu can be included in the Olympics", the Chinese Macau team won its first medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games]. Sina Corporation (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  4. ^ "2nd Taolu World Cup 2018 Yangon Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2018-11-18. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  5. ^ "15th World Wushu Championships, Shanghai, China, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2019-10-23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-11-26.
  6. ^ "Li Yi Won Two Golds in the World Championships". Sports Bureau of Macau SAR. 2019. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  7. ^ "Macao bags its first medal at the 19th Asian Games". The Macao News. 2023-12-22 [2023-09-25]. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  8. ^ Lam, Anthony (2023-10-10). "Team Macau with six medals in Asian Games". Macau Daily Times. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  9. ^ "China's wushu athletes dominant on Asiad opening day". China Daily. Xinhua News Agency. 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  10. ^ "HYX 16th World Wushu Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  11. ^ "Government announces 2023 Decorations, Medals, and Certificates of Merit". Government of Macau. 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2024-07-25.