Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Wu Jingyu (simplified Chinese: 吴静钰; traditional Chinese: 吳靜鈺; pinyin: Wú Jìngyù; born February 1, 1987 in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi) is a female Chinese Taekwondo practitioner who won gold medal at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the –49 kg class.HobbiesMusic, movies. (2008teamchina.olympic.cn, 1 May 2008)OccupationStudentEducationUniversity of Suzhou / Tianjin Institute of technology, ChinaClub nameJiangxi Provincial Weightlifting and Combat Sports Administrative Centre, Jiangxi, CHNCoachChen Liren (CHN) (wujingyu.sports.cn, 2011)Additional informationStart of sporting careerWu began practicing taekwondo when she was 12 years old. (womenofchina.cn, 26 Aug 2008)HeroChina's Olympic diver Gao Min. (wujingyu.sports.cn, 2011)AwardsWu was the first Chinese woman to win gold in the 49 kg class at both Olympic and Asian Games level, winning at the 2006 Doha Asian Games and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. (womenofchina.cn, 26 Aug 2008, news.xinhuanet.com, 20 Aug 2008)GeneralSIGNATURE KICKShe is only 167 cm tall but is very flexible, and specialises in axe kicks. (womenofchina.cn, 26 Aug 2008)PORCELAIN POWERHer hometown in Jiangxi Province is known as China's 'porcelain capital'. Her uncle is a porcelain maker and she has drawn on porcelain since childhood. She likes to design and write well known sayings on porcelain, sign her name and have her uncle fire them. (womenofchina.cn, 26 Aug 2008)TAEKWONDO MOVIEShe first entered the public eye by appearing in the movie Taekwondo, where she plays a young taekwondo fan who dreams of becoming a champion. (womenofchina.cn, 26 Aug 2008)TOUGH STARTShe started her taekwondo training when she was 12. It was a late start compared with other Chinese elite athletes. She almost gave up the sport when she was trying to enter the national team as many people thought that being tall and having long legs was very important to taekwondo, and she was only 140 cm at that time. Thanks to her coach, Wang Zhijie's insistence, she persevered and broke into the national team. (star.sports.cn 2008). }
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- Wu_Jingyu abstract "Wu Jingyu (simplified Chinese: 吴静钰; traditional Chinese: 吳靜鈺; pinyin: Wú Jìngyù; born February 1, 1987 in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi) is a female Chinese Taekwondo practitioner who won gold medal at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the –49 kg class.HobbiesMusic, movies. (2008teamchina.olympic.cn, 1 May 2008)OccupationStudentEducationUniversity of Suzhou / Tianjin Institute of technology, ChinaClub nameJiangxi Provincial Weightlifting and Combat Sports Administrative Centre, Jiangxi, CHNCoachChen Liren (CHN) (wujingyu.sports.cn, 2011)Additional informationStart of sporting careerWu began practicing taekwondo when she was 12 years old. (womenofchina.cn, 26 Aug 2008)HeroChina's Olympic diver Gao Min. (wujingyu.sports.cn, 2011)AwardsWu was the first Chinese woman to win gold in the 49 kg class at both Olympic and Asian Games level, winning at the 2006 Doha Asian Games and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. (womenofchina.cn, 26 Aug 2008, news.xinhuanet.com, 20 Aug 2008)GeneralSIGNATURE KICKShe is only 167 cm tall but is very flexible, and specialises in axe kicks. (womenofchina.cn, 26 Aug 2008)PORCELAIN POWERHer hometown in Jiangxi Province is known as China's 'porcelain capital'. Her uncle is a porcelain maker and she has drawn on porcelain since childhood. She likes to design and write well known sayings on porcelain, sign her name and have her uncle fire them. (womenofchina.cn, 26 Aug 2008)TAEKWONDO MOVIEShe first entered the public eye by appearing in the movie Taekwondo, where she plays a young taekwondo fan who dreams of becoming a champion. (womenofchina.cn, 26 Aug 2008)TOUGH STARTShe started her taekwondo training when she was 12. It was a late start compared with other Chinese elite athletes. She almost gave up the sport when she was trying to enter the national team as many people thought that being tall and having long legs was very important to taekwondo, and she was only 140 cm at that time. Thanks to her coach, Wang Zhijie's insistence, she persevered and broke into the national team. (star.sports.cn 2008)".