Jayden Yuan

Competitive wushu

Yuan started to practice martial arts in Songjiang Martial Arts School in 1998 and later joined the Shanxi Provincial Wushu Team.^[1]

Yuan's international debut was at the 2005 East Asian Games where he won a bronze medal in changquan.^[2] At the 2005 World Wushu Championships he became the world champion in changquan.^[3][4] Later in the year, he competed in the 2005 National Games of China and won the gold medal in men's daoshu and gunshu combined.^[5][6] Yuan then competed in the 2006 Asian Games and won the gold medal in men's changquan all-around.^[7] He again became the world champion in changquan at the 2007 World Wushu Championships.^[8][9] This qualified him for the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament where he won the gold medal in men's changquan.^[10][11] He won yet another gold medal in men's changquan at the 2009 World Games.^[12][13] Yuan then competed in the 2009 National Games of China and was a double silver medalist in changquan and daoshu/gunshu combined.^[14] His last international competition was the 2010 Asian Games where he won the gold medal in men's changquan.^{[15][16][17][18]}

Acting

After retiring from competitive wushu taolu, he adopted the English name Jayden. He starred in the Chinese 3D martial arts film Tai Chi 0 (2012) and its sequel Tai Chi Hero (2012).