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Willy Wang (wushu)

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and won the gold medal. Wang's victory was celebrated throughout the Philippines as he became the second person to win a gold medal at an Olympic-style event for the Philippines; albeit an unofficial event.
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in Beijing was unable to win a single medal for the third consecutive Olympiad. At the Beijing Wushu Tournament, Wang made up for this loss in the
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In 2009, Wang announced his retirement from competition. He now runs the Willy Wang Wushu Center, a wushu school located in Manila.
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after having an extensive competitive career in changquan. His first experience in the nanquan category was at the
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where he impressively won a gold and a bronze medal. In 2003, he won the bronze medal in qiangshu at the
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in Hong Kong and won the silver medal in jianshu. He then appeared at the
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After his competitions in 2005, Wang transitioned to training
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Zheng, Xin; Yuan, Mengchen; Agnote, Dario (May 28, 2019).
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The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games
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A few days later, he competed at the 1441: 1078: 692: 946: 903:"Wang retires from wushu competition" 900: 866: 783: 450:(born November 12, 1983) is a former 1494:Chinese emigrants to the Philippines 1301: 1203: 1128: 901:Ramos, Josef T. 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Index

Fuzhou
Fujian
Wushu
Changquan
Nanquan
Philippines wushu team
Philippines
Wushu Taolu
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing
Nanquan+Nangun
World Championships
2007 Beijing
1999 Hong Kong
2003 Macau
Southeast Asian Games
2001 Kuala Lumpur
Qiangshu
2003 Hanoi
Jianshu
2003 Hanoi
Qiangshu
2005 Manila
Jianshu
2005 Manila
Qiangshu
2007 Nakhon Ratchasima
Nanquan
2003 Hanoi
Changquan

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