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IWUF News, Stories & Interviews
2023.05.31
AOTM 05 | Wushu Champion Elizabeth Lim Brings the Gold Standard to Australia
Australian wushu star Elizabeth Lim, 33, started competing in in 2007, and won Australia’s first ever gold World Wushu Championships medal in 2015 in Jakarta, in nanquan. At the previous World Championships in Malaysia in 2013 she also made history — winning her country’s first ever taolu medal — a bronze. She was Australian national…
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IWUF News, Stories & Interviews
2023.04.28
AOTM 04 | IWUF Athlete of the Month for April: Egyptian Sanda Star Motaz Rady
Egyptian sanda athlete Motaz Rady, now 33, has long been one of Egypt’s top sanda champions. He won a gold medal at the 2015 World Wushu Championships in Jakarta, a bronze medal at the 2017 World Wushu Championships in Kazan, a silver medal at the 8th Sanda World Cup in Xian, and a bronze medal at the…
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IWUF News, Stories & Interviews
2023.03.31
AOTM 03 | IWUF Athlete of the Month for March: Mexican Wushu Star Alexa Cruz
Alexa Cruz, 22, a longtime national champion of Mexico, is a leading star of the Mexican National Wushu Team and has won numerous medals at the Pan American Wushu Championships. After a lively showing at the 15th World Wushu Championships in Shanghai, she qualified for the 2022 World Games in Birmingham and gave her best performance…
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Event News, Stories & Interviews
2023.03.03
AOTM02:A Leading Figure in Swiss Wushu- Sami Ben Mahmoud
Competing in seven World Wushu Championships is a remarkable accomplishment in and of itself, and Swiss athlete Sami Ben Mahmoud is not stopping there – he’s looking forward to his 8th WWC this fall in Fort Worth, Texas. Since 2007, he is the most successful Swiss taolu athlete to date, winning serial gold medals at his…