Đàm Thanh Xuân
Vietnamese wushu athlete
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Đàm Thanh Xuân (born 11 January 1985) is a former wushu taolu athlete from Vietnam. She works at the Department of International Cooperation and General Department of Physical Education and Sports.[1]
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| Born | 1 November 1985 Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wushu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Changquan, Daoshu, Gunshu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Vietnam Wushu Team (1994-2005) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Đàm made her international debut at the 1999 World Wushu Championships where she became the world champion in gunshu.[2] A year later, she won a silver and two bronze medals at the 2000 Asian Wushu Championships and thus won the bronze medal in women's changquan all-around. She was a double gold medalist in daoshu and gunshu and a silver medalist in gunshu at the 2001 World Wushu Championships.[3][4] The following year, she won a gold medal in gunshu and silver medals in changquan and daoshu at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games[5] and a silver medal in gunshu at the 2003 World Wushu Championships.[6][7] A year later, she won medals of every color at the 2004 Asian Wushu Championships as well as in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games.[8][9][10] Her last competition was at the 2005 World Wushu Championships where she became the world champion in gunshu and a silver medalist in daoshu.[11][12]
Awards
- 3rd class Labor Order.[2]
- National Outstanding Athlete (1999, 2000).[13]
Personal life
Xuân got married with one of her childhood friend. Her husband is also a Wushu athlete - both of them have studied for a master's degree at Shanghai Sports University.[14]