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2023 World Wushu Championships
Official logo
Venue Fort Worth Convention Center
(capacity: 13,500)
Location United States Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Start dateNovember 16, 2023
End dateNovember 20, 2023
Competitors499 from 72 nations
Website Official website

The 2023 World Wushu Championships was the 16th edition of the World Wushu Championships. It was held at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, from November 16 to 20, 2023.

Development and preparation

Selection process

During the 2019 World Wushu Championships in Shanghai, China, the 15th IWUF Congress met to vote on the host city for the 16th WWC. At the conclusion of the competition, it was announced that the next edition of the world championships would be held in 2021 in Dallas, Texas, United States. [1] [2] This would mark the first time a major international wushu competition was held in the United States since the 1995 World Wushu Championships. [3] [4] The competition will be organized by the United States of America Wushu Kungfu Federation (USAWKF) under Anthony Goh. [3]

The 16th WWC was also meant to serve as preparation for the wushu event at the 2022 World Games which was also hosted by the United States. [5]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Shortly after the 15th WWC, the COVID-19 pandemic spread internationally. Numerous wushu competitions including the 2020 World Junior Wushu Championships and the 2020 Taolu World Cup were postponed or cancelled. [6] [7] The IWUF left no updates on the situation regarding the 16th world championships for months, but on July 15, 2021, the IWUF virtual congress announced that the 16th WWC would be postponed to 2023. [8] Qualification for wushu at the 2022 World Games was then done by ranking at the 2019 WWC. [9]

Over a year later on September 15, 2022, the USAWKF announced that the 16th WWC would officially take place in November 2023 at the Fort Worth Convention Center. [3]

The championships

Opening ceremony

In a press conference in August 2023, it was revealed that performers in the opening ceremony would include tai chi enthusiasts of various ethnic groups from the United States as well as the Yunnan provincial wushu team. [10]

Changes to competition events

A number of competition event changes were revealed in the competition regulations of the 16th WWC. Men's and women's changquan now consisted of a preliminary and final round, and athletes also were allowed to use different routines for both rounds. [11] Instead of traditional wushu events like in recent prior championships, there would be a "creative & nandu skills" non-medal demonstration event. [11]

Marketing

The official name of the competition, the "16th World Wushu Championships," was renamed to the "HYX 16th World Wushu Championships" to reflect the IWUF's financial partnership with the Hengyuanxiang (HYX) Group [ zh] which began in early 2018. [12]

After a design contest, the logo and theme for the competition were unveiled on November 16, 2022, with the theme being "Solidarity, Peace, Friendship." [13] The top part of the logo depicts a warrior in the form of a ribbon and the bottom depicts the Texas Longhorn. [14] Months later on August 6, 2023, the official medal designs based on the official logo were revealed. [15] The mascots of the competition were also revealed to be "Dillo" the armadillo and "Striker" the Longhorn. [16]

Competition schedule

Taolu

All times are Central Standard Time ( UTC-6:00)

Date Start Time Carpet 1 Carpet 2
November 17 9:00 Men’s nangun Men’s taijiquan
14:00 Men’s daoshu Women’s nandao
Women’s taijijian
November 18 9:00 Men’s nandao Women’s nangun
Men’s taijijian
14:00 Men’s changquan Women’s changquan
Women’s taijiquan
November 19 9:00 Men’s nanquan Women’s jianshu
Women’s nanquan
14:00 Men’s gunshu Women’s daoshu
Men’s qiangshu
November 20 9:00 Men’s jianshu Women’s gunshu
Women’s qiangshu
14:00 Closed Men’s duilian
Women’s duilian
Men’s creative event
Women’s creative event

Sanda

All times are ( UTC-6:00)

Date Start Time Lei Tai 1
November 17 9:00 Men’s & women’s round of 32
14:00 Men’s round of 16
19:00 Men’s round of 16
November 18 9;00 Women’s round of 16
14:00 Men’s quarterfinals
19:00 Women’s quarterfinals
November 19 9:00 Men’s quarterfinals & women’s semifinals
14:00 Men’s semifinals
November 20 9:00 Men’s finals
14:00 Women’s finals

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation ( United States of America)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)150015
2  Vietnam (VIE)53311
3  Macau (MAC)52411
4  Hong Kong (HKG)3238
5  Singapore (SGP)2428
6  Malaysia (MAS)16411
7  Philippines (PHI)1416
8  Indonesia (INA)13711
9  Chinese Taipei (TPE)1214
  South Korea (KOR)1214
11  Italy (ITA)1124
  Lebanon (LBN)1124
13  Tunisia (TUN)1102
14  Australia (AUS)1012
  Romania (ROU)1012
16  Kazakhstan (KAZ)0134
  United States (USA)*0134
18  India (IND)0123
19  Brunei (BRU)0112
20  Bermuda (BER)0101
  Brazil (BRA)0101
  Canada (CAN)0101
  France (FRA)0101
  Mexico (MEX)0101
  Switzerland (SUI)0101
26  Argentina (ARG)0022
  Egypt (EGY)0022
  Japan (JPN)0022
  Turkmenistan (TKM)0022
30  Azerbaijan (AZE)0011
  Colombia (COL)0011
  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)0011
  Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (33 entries)404153134

Men's taolu

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Changquan Wong Weng Son
  Malaysia 		Seraf Naro Siregar
  Indonesia 		Clement Ting
  Malaysia
Daoshu Liu Zhaohe
  China 		Clement Ting
  Malaysia

Jowen Lim
  Singapore

Shared silver
Gunshu Jowen Lim
  Singapore 		Seraf Naro Siregar
  Indonesia 		Clement Ting
  Malaysia
Jianshu Song Chi Kuan
  Macau 		Wong Weng Son
  Malaysia 		Muhammad Daffa Golden Boy
  Indonesia
Qiangshu Zhang Qingchun
  China 		Wong Weng Son
  Malaysia 		Muhammad Daffa Golden Boy
  Indonesia
Nanquan Lau Chi Lung
  Hong Kong 		Huang Junhua
  Macau 		Calvin Lee
  Malaysia
Nandao Harris Horatius
  Indonesia 		Huang Junhua
  Macau 		Lau Chi Lung
  Hong Kong
Nangun Chan Chi Ngou
  Macau 		Lee Yong-mun
  South Korea 		Harris Horatius
  Indonesia
Taijiquan Lu Xiangcheng
  China 		Sun Chia-Hung
  Chinese Taipei 		Tomohiro Araya
  Japan
Taijijian Chen Yu-wei
  Chinese Taipei 		Tay Yu Xuan
  Singapore 		Tomohiro Araya
  Japan
Duilian   Philippines
Mark Lester Ragay
Mark Anthony Polo
Vincent Ventura 		  Brunei
Majdurano Joel Bin Majallah Sain
Abel Wee Yuen Lim 		  Spain
Nestor Urzainqui Milla
Aidan Pose Martinez
Vinctor de la Plaza Schineper

Men's sanda

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg Yang Xingwen
  China 		Tran Huy Hai
  Vietnam 		Russel Diaz
  Philippines
Kushal Kumar
  India
52 kg Tang Sishuo
  China 		Arnel Mandal
  Philippines 		Lacksmana Pandu Pratama
  Indonesia
Dinh Van Tam
  Vietnam
56 kg Hong Minjun
  South Korea 		Bintang Reindra Nada Guitara
  Indonesia 		Ku Hio Lam
  Macau
Islam Karimov
  Kazakhstan
60 kg Leung Yu Hong
  Hong Kong 		Nguyen Manh Cuong
  Vietnam 		Avazbek Amanbekov
  Kyrgyzstan
Elchin Eminov
  Azerbaijan
65 kg Guo Wei
  China 		Clemente Tabugara Jr.
  Philippines 		Samuel Marbun
  Indonesia
Bexultan Koskenov
  Kazakhstan
70 kg Huynh Do Dat
  Vietnam 		Zhang Huan Yi
  Chinese Taipei 		Yat Lam Cheung
  Hong Kong
Manuel di Carlo
  Italy
75 kg Michele Balducci
  Italy 		Yoan Benbedra
  France 		Cai Fei Long
  Macau
Jo Sanghun
  South Korea
80 kg Liu Wenlong
  China 		Kevin Alan Galladro Onofre
  Mexico 		Fabio Gjorni
  Italy
Gochmyrat Jumanyyazov
  Turkmenistan
85 kg Michael Nicolas Woodward
  Australia 		Bruce Wang
  United States 		Georges Eid
  Lebanon
Juan David Armero Guiterrez
  Colombia
90 kg Georges Saade
  Lebanon 		Giuseppe Vincenzo Piccolo
  Canada 		Julian Martin Silva
  Argentina
Livingston Mckenzie Jr.
  United States
90 kg+ Ye Xiang
  China 		Nursultan Tursynkulov
  Kazakhstan 		Michel Zammar
  Lebanon
Ahmed Samir Abdelmoaz
  Egypt

Women's taolu

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Changquan Sou Cho Man
  Macau 		Loh Ying Ting
  Malaysia 		Kimberly Ong
  Singapore
Daoshu Liu Xin
  China 		Loh Ying Ting
  Malaysia 		Hoàng Thị Phương Giang
  Vietnam
Gunshu Sou Cho Man
  Macau 		Kimberly Ong
  Singapore 		Michelle Yeung
  Hong Kong
Jianshu Yao Yang
  China 		Lydia Sham
  Hong Kong 		Li Yi
  Macau
Qiangshu Li Yi
  Macau 		Seo Hee-ju
  South Korea 		Peng Yu Hsi
  Chinese Taipei
Nanquan Đặng Trần Phương Nhi
  Vietnam 		He Jianxin
  Hong Kong 		Tasya Dewi
  Indonesia
Nandao Wu Jianing
  China 		Đặng Trần Phương Nhi
  Vietnam 		Lucy Lee
  United States
Nangun Đặng Trần Phương Nhi
  Vietnam 		He Jianxin
  Hong Kong 		Tan Cheong Min
  Malaysia
Taijiquan Zeanne Zhi Ning
  Singapore 		Agatha Wong
  Philippines 		Basma Lachkar
  Brunei
Taijijian Dai Dandan
  China 		Sydney Chin
  Malaysia 		Vera Tan
  Singapore
Duilian   Hong Kong
Lydia Sham
Michelle Yeung
He Jianxin 		  Singapore
Zeanne Zhi Ning
Zoe Ziyi Tan
Kimberly Ong 		  Macau
Sou Cho Man
Wong Weng Ian

Women's sanda

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg Nguyen Thi Lan
  Vietnam 		Jenifer Kilapo
  Philippines 		Rosa Beatrice Malau
  Indonesia
Chhavi Chhavi
  India
52 kg Chen Mengyue
  China 		Elisa Calanducci
  Italy 		Ngo Thi Phuong Nga
  Vietnam
Audrey Meeks
  United States
56 kg Liu Danfeng
  China 		Beatriz Adriao Rustice Silva
  Brazil 		Ana-Maria Pal
  Romania
none awarded
60 kg Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy
  Vietnam 		Roshibina Devi Naorem
  India 		Salome Yael Schumacher
  Switzerland
Sabrina Marina Detoma
  Argentina
65 kg Andreea Cebuc
  Romania 		Krista Stepheny Dyer
  Bermuda 		Nicole Lowe-Tarbert
  Australia
none awarded
70 kg Zhu Hailan
  China 		Maya Bejaqui
  Tunisia 		Govher Govshudova
  Turkmenistan
none awarded
75 kg Rimel Khalifi
  Tunisia 		Lydia Shalameh
  Lebanon 		Roba Hossam Mostafa Abdelaziz Elshafei
  Egypt
Akniyet Marat
  Kazakhstan

Creative & Nandu Skills Demonstration Event

Event 1st prize 2nd prize 3rd prize
Men Nathan Ly
  United States 		Ezequiel Agustin Moyano
  Argentina 		Axel Erik Ludvig Westerkull
  Sweden
Women Event cancelled

Participating nations

On November 14, the Iranian delegation announced that they would not be able to attend the championships because the US embassy did not issue visas on time. [17] A day later, the Indian delegation also announced they had difficulties securing a visa, and thus delayed their travel plans till November 16. [18]

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