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| Born | November 18, 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wushu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Changquan, Jianshu, Qiangshu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Korean Wushu Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Seo Hee-ju (Korean: 서희주; RR: seohuiju; born November 18, 1993) is a retired wushu taolu athlete from South Korea. She was a two-time world champion and medalist at the World Games and the Asian Games.
Career[edit]
Seo made her international debut at the 2009 World Wushu Championships where she finished sixth in qiangshu.[1] She then competed in the 2010 Asian Games and finished 8th in women's changquan. At the 2011 World Wushu Championships, she finished sixth in jianshu.[2] Two years later at the 2013 World Wushu Championships, she finished sixth in changquan and eighth in jianshu.[3]
A year later at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, she won the bronze medal in women's jianshu and qiangshu.[4] A year later, she competed in the 2015 World Wushu Championships and became the world champion in jianshu.[5] She continued to hold this title at the 2017 World Wushu Championships in addition to winning the silver medal in qiangshu.[6] During training a day before she competed at the 2018 Asian Games, she injured her knee and had to withdraw from the competition.[7] A year later, she returned to competition and won the bronze medal in jianshu at the 2019 World Wushu Championships.[8]
After the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, her first major appearance was at the 2022 World Games where she won the bronze medal in jianshu and qiangshu combined. A year later, she competed in the 2022 Asian Games (held in September 2023) and finished fourth in women's jianshu and qiangshu.[9][10] A few months later, she competed in the 2023 World Wushu Championships and won the silver medal in qiangshu. She then declared her retirement shortly after the competition.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "10th World Wushu Championships, 2009, Toronto, Canada, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2009-10-30. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-10-24.
- ^ "11th World Wushu Championships, 2011, Ankara, Turkey, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2011-10-11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-10-24.
- ^ "12th World Wushu Championships, 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2013-11-05. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-10-24.
- ^ "[Asian Games] S. Korea adds silver, bronze to wushu medal tally". The Korea Herald. 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ "13th World Wushu Championships, 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ "14th World Wushu Championships, 2017, Kazan, Russia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ Kim, Won (2018-08-19). "Korea's dreams of wushu gold start to come crashing down". JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ^ "15th World Wushu Championships, Shanghai, China, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2019-10-23. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ Jee-ho, Yoo (2023-09-21). "(Asiad) Wushu athlete trying to put injury-laden past behind for last hurrah". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
- ^ "19th Asian Games: All-Round Finals of Wushu". Xinhua. 2023-09-27. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
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