Wong Weng Son
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Born | Seremban, Malaysia | September 9, 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wushu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Changquan, Jianshu, Qiangshu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | Malaysia Wushu Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wong Weng Son (born September 9, 1992) is a wushu taolu athlete from Malaysia.[1] He is one of Malaysia's most renowned wushu athletes of all time and is a world champion in jianshu.
Career
Wong's international debut was at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, where he won a silver medal in men's duilian. Two years later, he competed at the 2015 World Wushu Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia, where he was a triple medalist.[2] A year later, Wong was finally able to win his first gold medal in international competition, doing so at the 1st Taolu World Cup in Fuzhou, China, in jianshu.[3][4] At the 2017 World Wushu Championships, Wong became the world champion in jianshu and also won a silver medal in qiangshu.[5][6][7] Despite being medal-less at the 2018 Asian Games where he competed in the men's changquan event, he was able to win two gold medals in jianshu and qiangshu at the 2nd Taolu World Cup in Yangon, Myanmar, later that year.[8][9]
In 2019, Wong became one of the few triple medalists at the 2019 World Wushu Championships in Shanghai, China, winning three silver medals in his specializations.[10][11] A few weeks later at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, Wong earned the silver medal men's changquan but missed the gold medal by 0.04 points.[12][13]
References
- ^ "WONG Weng Son". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "13th World Wushu Championships, 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2016 Taolu World Cup Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Tan, Ming wai (2016-11-16). "Golden end for Malaysia as Weng Son wins in Fuzhou". The Star. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "14th World Wushu Championships, 2017, Kazan, Russia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "PM congratulates wushu champion Wong Weng Son". Malay Mail. Kuala Lumpur. 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Lim, Teik Huat (2017-10-02). "Wong Weng Son is a wushu world champion". The Star. Petaling Jaya. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2nd Taolu World Cup 2018 Yangon Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2018-11-18. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Lim, Teik Huat (2018-11-18). "Malaysian wushu exponents win four gold medals at Taolu World Cup". The Star. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "15th World Wushu Championships, Shanghai, China, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2019-10-23. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Silver surfer Weng Son". Go Sports. 2019-10-23. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Singh, Ajitpal (2019-12-01). "Weng Son struck again by Sea Games curse". New Straits Times. Manila. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Weng Son collects fourth silver medal in four Games outings". The Star. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
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External links
- Athlete profile at the 2018 Asian Games
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- Articles with short description
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Malaysian martial artists
- Malaysian wushu practitioners
- Wushu practitioners at the 2018 Asian Games
- Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia
- Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Malaysia
- Southeast Asian Games medalists in wushu