Colvin Wang
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| Born | August 24, 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1999-2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wushu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Changquan, Jianshu, Qiangshu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University team | UVA Wushu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | US Wushu Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Lu Xiaolin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Colvin Wang (born August 24, 1992) is a former wushu taolu athlete from the United States of America. He won a gold medal at the 2013 World Games.
Wang started practicing wushu at the age of six under Lu Xiaolin.[1] His first major international appearance was at the 2006 Pan American Wushu Championships in Toronto, Canada, where he won bronze medals in changquan, daoshu, and gunshu.[2] He then competed at the 2007 World Wushu Championships in Beijing, China, where he placed sixth in jianshu and fifth in qiangshu.[3] This qualified him for the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament where he was the youngest athlete of the competition and placed fifth in the men's jianshu and qiangshu combined event.[4] He then appeared at the 2008 World Junior Wushu Championships in Bali, Indonesia, and won the silver medal in group A qiangshu.[5] A year later, Wang competed at the 2009 World Wushu Championships in Toronto, Canada, and won a silver medal in qiangshu.[6] Two years later, he was a triple medalist at the 2011 World Wushu Championships in Ankara, Turkey.[2][7] His last competition was at the 2013 World Games in Cali, Colombia, where he won the gold medal in men's changquan.[8] Wang is the second American taolu athlete after Alfred Hsing (in 2009 World Wushu Championship) to win a gold medal at a major international competition.
