Châu Tuyết Vân (born in 1990)[1] is a Vietnamese athlete and Taekwondo practitioner. She is a member of the Vietnamese Taekwondo national team, with a record of 6 consecutive gold medals at the SEA Games, 5 consecutive gold medals at the World Championships, 2 consecutive gold medals at the Asian Games, and 1 Gold Medal at the Southeast Asian Games in the synchronized poomsae event. She achieved the sixth-degree black belt certification in 2018 at the age of 28.
![]() Châu Tuyết Vân competed in the 14th Southeast Asian Taekwondo Championship in 2019 held in Manila, Philippines. | |
Personal information | |
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Birth name | Châu Tuyết Vân |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Việt Nam | October 11, 1990
Alma mater | Ton Duc Thang University |
Occupation | Athletes Taekwondo |
Years active | 2009– now |
Sport | |
Sport | Taekwondo |
Medal record | ||
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Professional Taekwondo athlete | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
SEA Games | ||
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2011 Indonesia | Women's team |
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2013 Myanmar | Women's team |
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2015 Singapore | Women's team |
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2017 Malaysia | Women's team |
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2019 Philippines | Women's team |
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2022 Việt Nam | Women's team |
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2023 Campuchia | Right to create teammates |
Biography
editChâu Tuyết Vân was born in 1990 and grew up in Ho Chi Minh City with her family. She started practicing Taekwondo at the age of 7. Due to her strong foundation, she was called up to the national team in 2009 to participate in the 25th SEA Games in Laos. In her debut appearance, she and her teammates won a bronze medal, marking her first international medal in her career.[2]
Career
edit2013
editAt the World Poomsae Taekwondo Championships in 2013, three Vietnamese girls, including Châu Tuyết Vân, won two gold medals in the team poomsae and creative poomsae events.[3] Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim, Nguyễn Thị Thu Ngân, and Châu Tuyết Vân were the first female athletes to win gold medals for Vietnam in Taekwondo at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games.[4]
2014
editIn 2014, Châu Tuyết Vân, together with Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim and Nguyen Thuy Xuan Linh, won the gold medal in the team poomsae event at the World Poomsae Taekwondo Championships. She also participated in the Youth Championship and the Southeast Asian Championship, winning two gold medals in the under-30 women's team event and the 5-member creative poomsae event.[5]
2015
editAt the 2015 SEA Games in Singapore, Châu Tuyết Vân, Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim, and Nguyen Thuy Xuan Linh won the gold medal in the women's team poomsae event.[6]
2016
editIn 2016, at the World Poomsae Taekwondo Championships, Vietnam won a silver medal in the under-30 women's standard team event on the first day of competition, thanks to the contributions of Châu Tuyết Vân, Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim, and Lien Thi Tuyet Mai. On the second day, Vietnam won two silver medals and one bronze medal. In the under-17 creative poomsae team event, Châu Tuyết Vân, Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim, Hứa Văn Huy, Nguyen Thien Phung, and Le Thanh Trung won the silver medal.[7]
2017
editIn August and September 2017, the Vietnamese Taekwondo poomsae team participated in three consecutive tournaments and achieved success in all of them. In the women's team poomsae event, Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim, Châu Tuyết Vân, and Nguyen Thi Tuyet Mai won 3 gold medals at the 2017 SEA Games and the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.[8] At the 2017 SEA Games, Châu Tuyết Vân, Lien Thi Tuyet Mai, and Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim successfully defended their gold medal in the women's team poomsae event.[9]
2018
editThe following year, Vietnam won its first gold medal in the women's team poomsae event under 30 years old. Three athletes, Ngo Thi Thuy Dung, Lien Thi Tuyet, and Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim, performed well to score 8.210 points.
2019
editHứa Văn Huy and Châu Tuyết Vân won silver medals at the 2019 Chungju World Martial Arts Masterships[10]
Châu Tuyết Vân, competed along with Tran Ho Duy, Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim, Hứa Văn Huy, Nguyen Ngoc Minh Hy in the category of Taekwondo, Synchronized Creative Poomsae. They won a gold medal at the 2019 SEA Games.[11]
2022
editThey participated in a performance with five athletes (3 males: Hứa Văn Huy, Nguyen Ngoc Minh Hy, and Tran Dang Khoa; 2 females: Châu Tuyết Vân, Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim). With high-level techniques such as spinning kicks and aerial moves, they scored 7.799 points. They won a gold medal at the 2021 SEA Games.[12]
2023
editChâu Tuyết Vân, Hứa Văn Huy, Le Ngoc Han, Nguyen Thi Y Binh, and Tran Dang Khoa competed in the mixed gender creative poomsae event at the 2023 US Open Taekwondo Championship and won a gold medal. Châu Tuyết Vân also won a gold medal in the individual poomsae event for women.[13]
On May 12, 2023, in the finals of the synchronized creative poomsae event, Nguyen Ngoc Minh Hy, Nguyen Thi Mong Quynh, Hứa Văn Huy, Châu Tuyết Vân, and Tran Dang Khoa won a gold medal at the 32nd SEA Games.[14]
References
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- ^ "Nghị lực thép của nhà vô địch thế giới Taekwondo Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim". VietNamNet. Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Taekwondo có huy chương vàng đồng đội nữ tại SEA Games 29". Báo điện tử Tổ Quốc. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ "Taekwondo giành tấm HCV đầu tiên tại SEA Games 30". Công An TP.Hồ Chí Minh. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ "Hứa Văn Huy và Châu Tuyết Vân giành huy chương bạc tại Đại hội Võ thuật thế giới Chungju 2019". Báo Đại Đoàn Kết. 3 September 2019. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "Một ngày bùng nổ!". Báo Chính Phủ. 8 December 2019. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ "Taekwondo Việt Nam liên tiếp giành 4 HCV trong ngày ra quân". Báo Bắc Giang. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ "Hoa khôi làng võ Châu Tuyết Vân giành cùng lúc 2 HCV trên đất Mỹ". Dân Việt. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "Hoa khôi Châu Tuyết Vân bật khóc chia tay SEA Games sau HCV đầy kịch tính". Thanh Niên. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.