WU Jingyu

People's Republic of China
Taekwondo
1 Feb 1987
34
Female
JIANGXI
 
People's Republic of China
BEIJING
 
People's Republic of China

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
TKW Taekwondo Women -49kg 7

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Makuhari Messe Hall A
Women -49kg Round of 16
#112
CHN
WU JWU Jingyu
24
PTG
EOR
POURYOUNES DDina POURYOUNES LANGEROUDI
3
Finished
Makuhari Messe Hall A
Women -49kg Quarterfinal
#122
ESP
CEREZO IGLESIAS ACEREZO IGLESIAS Adriana
33
PTG
CHN
WU JWU Jingyu
2
Finished
Makuhari Messe Hall A
Women -49kg Repechage
#135
SRB
BOGDANOVIC TBOGDANOVIC Tijana
12
PTF
CHN
WU JWU Jingyu
9
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

:
Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
1-49kg2012London, GBR
1-49kg2008Beijing, CHN
Repechage Round-49kg2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
1-49kg2011Gyeongju, KOR
1-47kg2007Beijing, CHN
2-49kg2019Manchester, GBR
2-49kg2015Chelyabinsk, RUS
3-49kg2009Copenhagen, DEN

Grand Prix Final
RankEventYearLocation
2-49kg2019Moscow, RUS

Grand Prix
RankEventYearLocation
1-49kg2019Sofia, BUL
2-49kg2019Chiba, JPN
2nd Round-49kg2019Rome, ITA
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Super Kicker (sports.163.com, 24 Sep 2017)
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Athlete, Coach
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Tianjin University of Technology, People's Republic of China
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Husband Hou Kun, daughter Gloria [2017]
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Mandarin
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Guan Jianmin [national], CHN
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2005 (sports.sohu.com, 02 Jul 2010)
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She took up the sport in 1999 in Jingde, People's Republic of China. (jxnews.com.cn, 21 Nov 2012)
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She was selected by coach Wang Zhijie because of her physique. (xinhuanet.com, 10 Aug 2012)
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To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tokyo2020.org, 04 Feb 2021)
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Chinese diver Gao Min. (wujingyu.sports.cn, 2011)
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Her family, particularly her husband Hou Kun. (chinadaily.com.cn, 09 Dec 2020)
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"The best does not necessarily have to be the champion. It matters more to do a good job every day, to make and implement a plan so I know I'm getting better every day." (news.cgtn.com, 07 Dec 2020)
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In 2015 she was named Female Athlete of the Year by World Taekwondo. (163.com, 08 Dec 2015)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT AND COMEBACK
She announced her retirement following the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she lost in the -49kg category quarterfinals after winning Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012. She gave birth to a daughter in July 2017, but six months later she announced she was returning to training and that she hoped to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "I've often been asked why I decided to return after giving birth to my daughter in 2017. I made that decision not to prove anything. I just still feel like being an athlete, purely out of love for the sport. Actually I had been thinking about this [comeback] since Rio. I couldn't forgive myself in 2016. I couldn't get past it. I couldn't accept that I was not as good as I used to be. Then I had my baby girl. Our communication helped me [learn] how to tolerate failure and how to talk to others. I was not good at communicating with teammates before that, because I was always kind of bossy. My baby got me to realise that's not how you communicate. You need to try to be in others' shoes." (sports.xinhuanet.com, 04 Feb 2019; news.cgtn.com, 07 Dec 2020; chinadaily.com.cn, 09 Dec 2020)

OTHER ROLES
She has a coaching role with the Chinese national team, and she has also served as vice president of the Chinese Taekwondo Association. (news.cgtn.com, 07 Dec 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has completed a master's degree at Soochow University in the People's Republic of China. (xinhuanet.com, 09 Apr 2015)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
PTF:
Win by Final Score
PTG:
Win by Point Gap
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