Seo Hee-ju

Seo Hee-ju (Korean: 서희주; RR: seohuiju; born November 18, 1993) is a wushu taolu athlete from South Korea. She is a four-time medalist at the World Wushu Championships and a two-time world champion.[1][2][3] She also won the bronze medal in women's jianshu and qiangshu at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.[4] During training a day before she competed at the 2018 Asian Games, she injured her knee and had to withdraw from the competition.[5]

Seo Hee-ju
Personal information
Born (1993-11-18) November 18, 1993
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
SportWushu
Event(s)Changquan, Jianshu, Qiangshu
TeamKorean Wushu Team
Medal record
Women's Wushu Taolu
Representing  South Korea
World Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Jianshu+Qiangshu
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Jakarta Jianshu
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kazan Jianshu
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kazan Qiangshu
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Shanghai Jianshu
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Jianshu+Qiangshu
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Taoyuan Jianshu
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2017 Taipei Jianshu+Qiangshu

See also

References
  1. "13th World Wushu Championships, 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  2. "14th World Wushu Championships, 2017, Kazan, Russia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  3. "15th World Wushu Championships, Shanghai, China, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2019-10-23. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  4. "[Asian Games] S. Korea adds silver, bronze to wushu medal tally". The Korea Herald. 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  5. Kim, Won (2018-08-19). "Korea's dreams of wushu gold start to come crashing down". JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved 2021-08-26.


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