Adriano Lourenço

Lourenço grew up in a favela and started learning traditional Southern styles at the age of seven.^[1] After learning some kickboxing and capoeira, he started training wushu in 2003 under Thomaz Chan Hon Kit.^[2]

Lourenço made his international debut at the 2007 World Wushu Championships.^[3] As a wildcard, he competed in the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament and finished 9th in men's nanquan and nangun combined.^[4][5] The same year, he competed in the 2008 Pan American Wushu Championships and was the Pan American champion in nandao, a gold medalist in duilian, silver medalist in nangun, and bronze medalist in nanquan.^[6] Two years later at the 2010 Pan American Wushu Championships, he became the Pan American champion in nangun, and a silver medalist in nanquan and nandao.^[7] In the 2012, 2014 Pan American Wushu Championships, and 2016 Pan American Wushu Championships, he was a triple Pan American champion in all of his events.^[8][9] Lourenço's last competition was at the 2017 World Wushu Championships where he finished in-between 24th-26th in his events.^[10]

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