A wushu taolu athlete for Macau, China, born in mainland China in 1973. Trained on the Beijing Wushu Team, she transferred to Macau in 2000 and, at the 2003 World Wushu Championships held on home soil, won jianshu (sword) gold — the first World Wushu Championships gold for the Macau SAR after the 1999 handover — adding further medals at the Asian Games, World Championships and East Asian Games.
A single sword routine put the post-handover Macau SAR on top of a World Wushu Championships podium for the first time.
Han Jing is a wushu taolu athlete for Macau, China, equally accomplished in changquan, jianshu, qiangshu and duilian. After transferring from the Beijing Wushu Team to Macau in 2000, she won jianshu (sword) gold at the 2003 World Wushu Championships on home soil — the first World Championships title for the Macau SAR after the 1999 handover.
Profile
- Chinese Name: 韓靜
- English Name: Han Jing
- Born: 1973 (mainland China)
- Represents: Macau, China
- Domain: Sport
- Discipline: Wushu taolu (changquan / jianshu / qiangshu / duilian)
- Subject type: Athlete
Background
Born in mainland China in 1973, Han Jing trained in wushu from a young age and came up through the Beijing Wushu Team, one of the elite pipelines of Chinese martial arts. In 2000 she transferred to the Macau, China team, becoming a mainstay of Macau's pursuit of international medals until her retirement in 2008.
Career
I. From Beijing to Macau
After building her foundation on the Beijing team, Han Jing moved to Macau in 2000. Her first medal at a major multi-sport games was changquan gold at the 2001 East Asian Games in Osaka, Japan; at the 2002 Busan Asian Games she took the changquan all-around silver. The Macau SAR Government issued her certificates of merit in 2001 and 2002.
II. A fixture at World and Asian level
Han Jing was a sustained presence at the top of the sport: jianshu gold at the 2004 Asian Championships; a second World duilian gold plus jianshu and qiangshu silvers at the 2005 Hanoi World Championships; changquan gold at the 2005 Macau East Asian Games; changquan bronze at the 2006 Doha Asian Games; and further medals including jianshu silver at the 2007 Beijing World Championships. At the 2006 Doha Asian Games she was a flag-bearer for the Macau, China delegation.
Defining Moment
The Macau SAR's first World Wushu gold after the handover (2003)
In 2003 the World Wushu Championships were held in Macau. Competing at home, Han Jing won the women's jianshu gold and, with a teammate, the duilian gold. It was the first gold medal the Macau Special Administrative Region had won at the World Wushu Championships since the 1999 handover — achieved in her own city, in front of her own crowd.