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Chang Zhizhao

Personal information
Born	(1992-08-29) August 29, 1992 (age 32) Zongyang, Anhui, China
Alma mater	Lanzhou University
Occupation(s)	Martial artist, athlete
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Sport	Wushu
Event(s)	Changquan, Daoshu, Gunshu
Team	Gansu Wushu Team
Coached by	Yu Hongju
Medal record Men's Wushu Taolu Representing  China World Championships 2017 Kazan Changquan World Cup 2018 Yangon Changquan Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Daoshu + Gunshu World Junior Championships 2010 Singapore Daoshu (A)

Chang Zhizhao (Chinese: 常志昭; pinyin: Cháng zhì zhāo; born: August 29, 1992) is a professional wushu taolu athlete from China.

Career

Junior

Chang started practicing wushu at the age of eight. He made his international debut at the 2010 World Junior Wushu Championships where he won the gold medal in group A boy's daoshu.

Senior

At the 2017 World Wushu Championships, he became the world champion in men's changquan. He repeated this victory a year later at the 2018 Taolu World Cup. Around this time, he became a coach at Lanzhou University. Three years later, he won the silver medal in men's changquan all-around in the 2021 National Games of China. At the 2022 Asian Games, Chang won the gold medal in men's daoshu and gunshu combined.

Competitive history

Year	Event	CQ	DS	GS	AA
Junior
2010	World Junior Championships
Senior
2013	National Games of China	?	?	?	4
2017	National Games of China	?	?	?
	World Championships
2018	World Cup
2020	did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	National Games of China	2	3	3
2023	Asian Games		1	1

See also

• China national wushu team
• List of Asian Games medalists in wushu

References

1. http://www.iwuf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/3rd-World-Junior-Wushu-Championships-2010_results.pdf
2. "14th World Wushu Championships, 2017, Kazan, Russia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2017-10-03. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-11-28.
3. "2nd Taolu World Cup 2018 Yangon Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2018-11-18. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
4. "NW China's martial arts teacher becomes internet celebrity". China Daily. Xinhua News Agency. 2020-06-02. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
5. Ma, Wenyan (2021-09-02). "全运会武术套路决赛中夺银 常志昭为甘肃代表团摘得首枚奖牌" [Chang Zhizhao won the silver medal in the National Games Wushu routine final and won the first medal for the Gansu delegation.]. Gansu Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 2023-09-22.
6. "喜讯！常志昭摘得亚运会甘肃首金！" [Good news! Chang Zhizhao wins Gansu’s first gold medal at the Asian Games!]. Sohu (in Chinese). 2023-09-27. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
7. "夺金瞬间｜武术——常志昭夺得男子刀术棍术全能冠军" [The moment of winning gold｜Martial arts-Chang Zhizhao won the men’s sword and stick martial arts all-around championship]. Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). 2023-09-27. Retrieved 2023-09-27.

External links

• Athlete profile at the 2022 Asian Games

• 1992 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Anhui
• Sportspeople from Gansu
• Chinese Changquan practitioners
• Lanzhou University alumni
• Wushu practitioners at the 2022 Asian Games
• Asian Games gold medalists for China
• Asian Games medalists in wushu
• Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
• 21st-century Chinese sportsmen
• World champion wushu athletes