Rows Of Indonesian Wushu Athletes Presidential At The International Level, Get To Know Their Profile And Career Traces

Indonesian wushu athlete, Edgar Xavier (Photo: PB WI)

YOGYAKARTA - The International Wushu Federation (IWUF) has again chosen Indonesia to host the 2022 World Wushu Junior Championship or World Junior Wushu Championship (WJWC). This international event will be held on December 2-111 at ICE BSD, Tangerang, Banten. Indonesian wushu athletes are also required to be able to perform brilliantly at the event.

Gunawan Tjokro, Executive Director of WJWC 2022, will host the WJWC in December to become Indonesia's second time as the host. The wushu Championship was previously held in 2008 in Bali. The many achievements of Indonesian wushu athletes at the international level are one of the reasons for being chosen as hosts again.

In WJWC 2022, Indonesia has two targets, namely success in organizing events and achievements achieved by its athletes. There are several Indonesian wushu athletes who are quite champions because they have won championships several times.

Wushu is a sport that often makes Indonesia proud, in addition to badminton and silat. There are many Indonesian wushu athletes who excel at the international level.

Lindswell Kwok is one of the Indonesian wushu athletes who has a myriad of achievements. His name is quite popular for Indonesian people who like martial arts.

Lindswell was born on September 24, 1991 in Medan, North Sumatra. She is the daughter of the couple Nuraini and Tjoa Eng Hing. Lindsweel's interest with wushu began when his brother joined him in wushu training.

Lindswell has made many achievements throughout his career in the world of wushu. At the 2018 Asian Games, he won a gold medal. He even earned the nickname queen of wushu Southeast Asia. However, after winning the 2018 Asian Games, he decided to retire because he suffered a knee injury.

Lindswell won the national event at the beginning of his work as a wushu athlete. He once won the Pre-Medan 2007 PON Silver Medal in East Kalimantan 2008, the 2008 Wushu Champ Bali Junior Silver Medal, the 2011 Makassar PON Pre-Maxis, and the 2012 Riau PON silver medal.

Meanwhile, Lindswell's achievements at the international level are unquestionable. He has incised the 2011 SEA Games Gold Medal, the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games Gold Medal, the 2014 World Taijiquan Champ 1st World, the 2014 Asian Gold Medal of the Incheon South Korean Union, the 2013 World Games Gold Medal. Columbia 2013, the Sports Record Combat Games St. Petersburg 2013, Malaysia's World Wushu Championship Gold Medal 2013, the 2013 Myanmar SEA Games Gold Medal.

In addition, he has also won the 2015 SEA Games Singapore Gold Medal, 2017 Malaysia SEA Games Gold medal, 2017 and 2018 Asean Games Gold medal. In addition to the championship achievements, Lindswell also received the Indonesian Sports Award award from KONI in 2013.

Indonesian wushu athletes are men who make many achievements, one of which is Harris Horatius. Harris was born on October 11, 1995 in Medan, North Sumatra. Harris has won the wushu championship at both national and international levels.

In 2019, Harris won two gold medals for the number Nonquan and Nangun in the Pra Pon National Conference. He won a gold medal at the 2021 PON XX Papua. The latest achievement, he won a major medal in the 2022 The World Games.

Another Indonesian wushu athlete who is also outstanding is Edgar Xavier Marvelo. Edgar has been close to wushu since childhood. When he was 8 years old he knew wushu from extracurricular activities at his school. He joined the Indonesian Wushu Harmoni gym until he developed into a professional athlete.

In 2010, Edgar won the Yunior Wushu Championships in Singapore. In 2017, Edgar won a bronze medal at the SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur. In the same year, he won a silver medal at the Wushu World Championships in Russia. In 2018, he won a silver medal at the Asian Games.

Edgar has won various achievements, such as the 2019 SEA Games Gold Medal. He also managed to defend his men's Changquan title at the 2022 Wushu World Championships in the United States.

Those are some Indonesian wushu athletes who express at the international level. WJWC 2022, which will be held in December, is a means of proof for the proud athletes of Indonesia.

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