Wen Tzu-yun

Wen Tzu-yun (Chinese: 文姿云; pinyin: Wén Zīyún, born 29 September 1993)[1] is a Taiwanese karateka. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 55 kg event.[2][3] She is also a two-time gold medalist in the women's kumite 55 kg event at the Asian Games and a two-time bronze medalist in this event at the World Karate Championships.

Wen Tzu-yun
Personal information
Born (1993-09-29) 29 September 1993
Taipei, Taiwan
Sport
CountryTaiwan
SportKarate
Weight class55 kg
Event(s)Kumite
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Kumite 55 kg
World Championships
2016 Linz Kumite 55 kg
2018 Madrid Kumite 55 kg
Asian Games
2014 Incheon Kumite 55 kg
2018 Jakarta Kumite 55 kg
Asian Karate Championships
2015 Yokohama Kumite 55 kg
2017 Astana Kumite 55 kg
2018 Amman Kumite 55 kg
2013 Dubai Kumite 55 kg
2017 Astana Team kumite
2013 Dubai Team kumite
World Games
2017 Wrocław Kumite 55 kg

Career

She won the gold medal at the Asian Games both in 2014 and in 2018.[1][4][5]

At the 2017 World Games held in Wrocław, Poland, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 55 kg event.[6][7] In the final, she lost against Valéria Kumizaki of Brazil.[6][7]

She represented Chinese Taipei at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in karate.[8][9] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 55 kg event.[3][10] In her semifinal she lost against eventual silver medalist Anzhelika Terliuga of Ukraine.[11] In November 2021, she competed in the women's 55 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
2013 Asian Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2nd Kumite 55 kg
3rd Team kumite
2014 Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 1st Kumite 55 kg
2015 Asian Championships Yokohama, Japan 1st Kumite 55 kg
2016 World Championships Linz, Austria 3rd Kumite 55 kg
2017 Asian Championships Astana, Kazakhstan 1st Kumite 55 kg
2nd Team kumite
World Games Wrocław, Poland 2nd Kumite 55 kg
2018 Asian Championships Amman, Jordan 1st Kumite 55 kg
Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 1st Kumite 55 kg
World Championships Madrid, Spain 3rd Kumite 55 kg
2021 Summer Olympics Tokyo, Japan 3rd Kumite 55 kg

References
  1. "Karate Results" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. Everington, Keoni (5 August 2021). "Taiwan's Wen Tzu-yun clinches bronze medal in Olympic karate". Taiwan News. Retrieved 5 August 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Palmer, Dan (5 August 2021). "Sanchez the history-maker as karate makes highly-anticipated Olympic debut". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 5 August 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Pan, Jason (27 August 2018). "Asian Games: Taiwan win karate, boating golds". Taipei Times. Retrieved 25 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Asian Games: Day 14 of competition". InsideTheGames.biz. 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. Winters, Max (25 July 2017). "The Netherlands claim ninth World Games korfball title in a row". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Karate Results" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  8. "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. Chiang, Yi-ching (5 August 2021). "OLYMPICS/Karateka Wen Tzu-yun wins bronze, Taiwan's first Olympic medal in karate". Central News Agency. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  11. "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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