Cho Seung-jae
Korean wushu practitioner
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Cho Seung-jae (Korean: 조승재; RR: joseungjae; born December 12, 1990) is a wushu taolu athlete from South Korea.
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| Born | December 12, 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wushu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Changquan, Daoshu, Gunshu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Korean Wushu Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Junior
During his junior career, Cho was a gold medalist and silver medalist at the 2007 Asian Junior Wushu Championships,[1] and a silver medalist in jianshu at the 2008 World Junior Wushu Championships.[2]
Senior
Cho made his senior international debut at the 2012 Asian Wushu Championships where he won a silver medal in gunshu.[3] He then was a double silver medalist in daoshu and gunshu combined as well as in duilian at the 2013 East Asian Games. He then won a silver medal in daoshu and bronze medals in gunshu and duilian at the 2013 World Wushu Championships.[4] Two years later, Cho won a silver medal in daoshu and bronze medal in gunshu at the 2015 World Wushu Championships,[5] and became the Asian champion in gunshu at the 2016 Asian Wushu Championships.[6] At the 2017 World Wushu Championships, he won a silver medal in shuangdao.[7] He then competed in the 2018 Asian Games where he won the silver medal in men's daoshu and gunshu combined.[8][9] His most recent competition was at the 2019 World Wushu Championships where he was the world champion in shuangdao and a double silver medalist in gunshu and duilian.[10][11][12]