Đàm Thanh Xuân

Đàm Thanh Xuân (born 11 January 1985) is a former wushu taolu athlete from Vietnam. Currently, she now works at the Department of International Cooperation and General Department of Physical Education and Sports.^[1]

Đàm Thanh Xuân

Personal information
Born	(1985-11-01) 1 November 1985 (age 37) Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Sport
Sport	Wushu
Event(s)	Changquan, Daoshu, Gunshu
Team	Vietnam Wushu Team (1994-2005)
Medal record Representing  Vietnam Women's Wushu Taolu World Championships 1999 Hong Kong Gunshu 2001 Yerevan Changquan (new) 2001 Yerevan Daoshu (old) 2005 Hanoi Gunshu 2001 Yerevan Gunshu 2003 Macau Gunshu 2005 Hanoi Daoshu Asian Championships 2004 Yangon Gunshu 2000 Saigon Gunshu 2004 Yangon Daoshu 2000 Saigon All-around (CQ) 2000 Saigon Changquan 2000 Saigon Daoshu 2004 Yangon Changquan Southeast Asian Games 2005 Manila Gunshu 2005 Manila Daoshu 2005 Manila Changquan

Career

Early career

Xuân was born on January 11, 1985, in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to athlete parents who went studying abroad for a master's degree in Russia. When she was 9 years old, her neighbor Xuân Thi, who was also the head coach of the Vietnam Wushu Team, learned about her talent and advised her to join the Vietnam Wushu Team.

National team

Đàm made her international debut at the 1999 World Wushu Championships where she became the world champion in gunshu.^[2] A year later, she won a silver and two bronze medals at the 2000 Asian Wushu Championships and thus won the bronze medal in women's changquan all-around. She then was a double gold medalist in daoshu and gunshu and a silver medalist in gunshu at the 2001 World Wushu Championships.^[3][4] The following year, she won a silver medal in daoshu at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games and a silver medal in gunshu at the 2003 World Wushu Championships.^[5][6] A year later, she won medals of every color at the 2004 Asian Wushu Championships as well as in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games.^[7][8][9] Her last competition was at the 2005 World Wushu Championships where she became the world champion in gunshu and a silver medalist in daoshu.^[10][11]

Awards

• 3rd class Labor Order.^[2]
• National Outstanding Athlete (1999, 2000).^[12]

Personal life

Xuân got married with one of her childhood friend. Her husband is also a Wushu athlete - both of them have studied for a master's degree at Shanghai Sports University.^[13]

References

1. Báo Thể thao & Văn hóa - Thông tấn xã Việt Nam.
2. Thúy Hằng (28 March 2013). "Sao thể thao ngày ấy – Kỳ 47: Cô gái vàng mê đi phượt". Báo Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
3. Thanh Hương (2001). Vietnam, the Land and the People. Hà Nội: Thế Giới Publishers. p. 162. OCLC 605369583.
4. Yến Nhi (5 November 2001). "Wushu VN lại đại thắng". Người Lao Động (in Vietnamese). from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
5. Minh Hải (11 December 2003). "Thúy Hiền giành HC vàng đầu tiên tại SEA Games 22". VnExpress (in Vietnamese). from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
6. Nguyễn Văn Thái (2002). Báo Công an nhân dân: cơ quan của Bộ công an, 1996–2000. Chính trị quốc gia – Sự thật. p. 493. OCLC 681958438.
7. G.M. (29 November 2004). "Việt Nam xếp thứ hai toàn đoàn". Thể Thao – Báo Sài Gòn Giải Phóng. Retrieved 27 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
8. "Việt Nam đã có 23 HCV". Người Lao Động (in Vietnamese). 29 November 2005. from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
9. "VFF – Đoàn Thể thao Việt Nam đứng thứ hai trong bảng tổng sắp với 16 HCV". VFF (in Vietnamese). 28 November 2005. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
10. "Chủ nhà bảo vệ thành công ngôi á quân". Nhân Dân newspaper. 15 December 2005. from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
11. Phạm Yên (12 December 2005). "Đàm Thanh Xuân giành HCV wushu thế giới". Tiền Phong online (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 27 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
12. Ngọc Khánh (4 December 2008). "Đàm Thanh Xuân đã và sẽ luôn sát cánh cùng đội tuyển". Trang điện tử Thể dục Thể thao Việt Nam (in Vietnamese). from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
13. Thúy Hằng. . Báo Thanh Niên.

External links

• Thanh Xuan Dam
• Vietnamese article
• Vietnamese article collection