A Macau-born wushu taolu athlete for Macau, China, born in 1997 and competing across changquan, gunshu, daoshu and jianshu. At the 2023 World Wushu Championships she won gold in both changquan and gunshu to become a double world champion, and is one of the leaders of Macau's current wushu team.
From Macau's youth wushu ranks to world champion — at a single World Championships, Sou Cho Man carried home gold in both changquan and gunshu.
Sou Cho Man is a Macau-born wushu taolu athlete for Macau, China, skilled in changquan, gunshu, daoshu and jianshu. At the 2023 World Wushu Championships she won gold in both changquan and gunshu to become a double world champion — one of the leaders of Macau's current wushu team.
Profile
- Chinese Name: 蘇楚雯
- English Name: Sou Cho Man
- Born: 1997 (Macau)
- Represents: Macau, China
- Domain: Sport
- Discipline: Wushu taolu (changquan / gunshu / daoshu / jianshu / duilian)
- Subject type: Athlete
Background
Born in Macau in 1997, Sou Cho Man came up through the city's own wushu pipeline. She first drew attention at the 2012 World Junior Wushu Championships held in Macau, then progressed to the senior team, partnering teammates Li Yi and Wong Weng Ian in duilian (paired forms) and gradually becoming a core member of Macau's squad. The Macau SAR Government awarded her a Sports Merit Medal in 2015.
Career
I. Forged at the World Cup and World Championships
Sou Cho Man has competed at the top of the sport since 2016: duilian gold (with Li Yi) and individual gunshu silver at the 2016 Fuzhou Taolu World Cup; duilian bronze at the 2017 Kazan World Championships; double-sword silver at the 2019 Shanghai World Championships. Those years of accumulation set up the breakthrough to come.
II. Asian Games and Asian Championships
At the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games (the postponed "2022" edition), she placed fifth in the women's changquan — the gold going to her Macau teammate Li Yi. At the 2024 Asian Wushu Championships, hosted by Macau, she won daoshu gold, changquan silver and gunshu bronze; at the 2025 Brasília World Championships she added gunshu silver.
Defining Moment
A double world title in one Championships (2023)
In November 2023, the 16th World Wushu Championships were held in Fort Worth, Texas. Sou Cho Man won gold in both the women's changquan and gunshu (gunshu score 9.783) and took duilian bronze with Wong Weng Ian — a double world champion. Macau's team won five golds at that meet, second only to mainland China, with Sou Cho Man at its heart.