Brian Wang

Wang started training wushu at the age of five in Illinois, and later trained in New York and California. In 2013, he became a member of the US Wushu Team and made his continental debut at the 2014 Pan American Wushu Championships in San José, Costa Rica where he became the Pan American champion in qiangshu.^[1] Two years later, he won a silver medal in jianshu at the 2016 Pan American Wushu Championships.^[2] Wang then made his international debut at the 2017 World Wushu Championships in Kazan, Russia. A year later, he was the Pan American champion in jianshu and a silver medalist in changquan at the 2018 Pan American Wushu Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[3] With his high placements at the 2019 World Wushu Championships in Shanghai, China, Wang qualified for the 2020 Taolu World Cup in Tokyo, Japan which was ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4][5]

Three years later at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Wang won the gold medal in men's jianshu and qiangshu combined.^[6][7][8][9] After placing high in the 2023 World Wushu Championships in Fort Worth, Texas, he competed in the 2024 Taolu World Cup in Yokohama, Japan, finishing fourth in jianshu and sixth in qiangshu.^[10]