Wu Zhaohua (Chinese: 吴照华; pinyin: Wúzhàohuá; born: September 9, 1998) is a professional wushu taolu athlete from China.
Career
Wu began to practice wushu at the game of seven.[1] He later joined the Jiangsu Wushu Team to train under Wang Zhengtian.[1]
Wu's first major intentional debut was at the 2016 Asian Wushu Championships in Taoyuan, Taiwan, where he became the Asian champion in men's changquan. A year later, he competed in the 2017 National Games of China and won the silver medal in men's changquan all-around.[2] Near the end of the same year, he won the championship title of the King of Kings Wushu Championship.[3] He then competed in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, where he won the gold medal in men's daoshu and gunshu.[4][5] A year later, Wu competed at the 2019 World Wushu Championships in Shanghai, China, and won the first gold medal of the competition which was in the men's daoshu event.[6] He also competed with the rest of the China wushu team in the group-set (jiti) event and won another gold medal.[7]
At the 2021 National Games of China, the first major wushu competition since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wu won the gold medal in men's changquan all-around.[8] A year later, he won the gold medal in men's daoshu and gunshu combined at the 2022 World Games.[9] A year later, he won the gold medal in the same event at the 2023 World Combat Games.[10]
^ abHuang, Chunmei (2018-08-22). "吴照华：从顽皮小男孩到武术冠军的蜕变！" [Wu Zhaohua: The transformation from a naughty boy to a martial arts champion!]. China Children's Wushu Net (in Chinese). Retrieved 2021-08-26.
^"兰州大学学生吴照华夺得第十八届亚洲运动会武术比赛男子刀棍全能金牌 学校领导致信祝贺" [Lanzhou University student Wu Zhaohua won the gold medal in the men's sword and stick all-around at the 18th Asian Games Wushu Competition]. Lanzhou University (in Chinese). 2018-08-21. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
^Li, Manfu (2017-12-28). "兰大学子吴照华荣膺中国武术"王中王"总冠军" [Wu Zhaohua, a son of Lanzhou University, won the championship of Chinese martial arts "King of the Kings"]. Sohu (in Chinese). Retrieved 2021-08-26.
^Yang, Lei; Zhang, Fan (2018-08-21). "丢掉压力！中国武术小将吴照华年轻就是大胆拼" [Lose the pressure! Chinese martial arts player Wu Zhaohua is young and bold]. The People's Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 2021-08-26.
^"由常州培养输送的武术运动员吴照华在全运会强势夺冠" [Wu Zhaohua, a martial arts athlete trained and transported by Changzhou, won the championship at the National Games]. Xinhuanet (in Chinese). 2021-09-02. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
