Jowen Lim

Junior

Lim started practicing wushu at the age of six.^[1] Between 2010 and 2014 he made three appearances at the World Junior Wushu Championships and became a two-time world junior champion. Lim also competed twice at the Asian Junior Wushu Championships and is a one-time Asian junior champion.^[2][3][4]

Senior

Lim competed in the 2016 Asian Wushu Championships in Taoyuan and was a silver medalist in daoshu and a bronze medalist in duilian.^[5] A year later, he competed in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games and was a double gold medalist.^[6][7] The same year, he competed in the 2017 World Wushu Championships and won the bronze medal in daoshu.^[8] A year later, he competed in the men's daoshu and gunshu combined event at the 2018 Asian Games and missed the bronze medal by 0.01.^[9][10] The following year, he was a double bronze medalist in daoshu and gunshu at the 2019 World Wushu Championships.^[11] Shortly thereafter, he won a silver medal in daoshu and gunshu combined at the 2019 SEA Games.

Lim's first major competition after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic was at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games (hosted in 2022), where he won silver medals in changquan as well as daoshu and gunshu combined.^[12][13] A few months later, he competed in the 2022 World Games and won the silver medal in daoshu and gunshu combined. The following year, he won a gold medal in daoshu and gunshu combined along with a silver medal in changquan at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games.^[14] Lim was then chosen alongside fencer Amita Berthier as the flagbearers for the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China,^[15] and then won the silver medal in men's daoshu and gunshu at the event.^[16][17] Shortly after, he won the bronze medal in the same event at the 2023 World Combat Games.^[18] At the 2023 World Wushu Championships, Lim became the world champion in gunshu and won a silver medal in daoshu.^[1][19] The following year, he competed at the 2024 Asian Wushu Championships and won the silver medal in gunshu.^[20] He then won a silver medal in daoshu at the 2024 Taolu World Cup.^[21]