Wu Zhaohua

Wu began to practice wushu at the game of seven.^[1] He later joined the Jiangsu Wushu Team to train under Wang Zhengtian.^[1]

Wu's first major intentional debut was at the 2016 Asian Wushu Championships in Taoyuan, Taiwan, where he became the Asian champion in men's changquan. A year later, he competed in the 2017 National Games of China and won the silver medal in men's changquan all-around.^[2] Near the end of the same year, he won the championship title of the King of Kings Wushu Championship.^[3] He then competed in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, where he won the gold medal in men's daoshu and gunshu.^[4][5] A year later, Wu competed at the 2019 World Wushu Championships in Shanghai, China, and won the first gold medal of the competition which was in the men's daoshu event.^[6] He also competed with the rest of the China wushu team in the group-set (jiti) event and won another gold medal.^[7]

At the 2021 National Games of China, the first major wushu competition since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wu won the gold medal in men's changquan all-around.^[8] A year later, he won the gold medal in men's daoshu and gunshu combined at the 2022 World Games.^[9] A year later, he won the gold medal in the same event at the 2023 World Combat Games.^[10]