Lindswell Kwok

Lindswell Kwok

Lindswell at the Asian Games 2018
Personal information
Nickname(s)	"Queen of Wushu"
National team	Indonesia
Born	(1991-09-24) 24 September 1991 (age 29)[1][2] Binjai, Indonesia[3]
Occupation	Martial artist, athlete
Height	161 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)[1]
Spouse(s)
Sport
Country	Indonesia
Sport	Wushu
Event(s)	Taijiquan, Taijijian
Team	Indonesia Wushu Team
Coached by	Zhang Yue Ning[1]
Retired	2018
show Medal record Representing  Indonesia Women's Wushu Taolu Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Games 1 0 0 World Combat Games 2 0 0 World Championships 5 2 2 3 0 1 Asian Games 1 1 0 Asian Championships 0 0 2 Islamic Solidarity Games 2 0 0 Southeast Asian Games 5 1 0 World Junior Championships 1 0 1 Total 20 4 6 World Games 2013 Cali Taijiquan+Taijijian World Combat Games 2010 Beijing Taijiquan+Taijijian 2013 Saint Petersburg Taijiquan+Taijijian World Championships 2017 Kazan Taijiquan 2015 Jakarta Taijiquan 2015 Jakarta Taijijian 2013 Kuala Lumpur Taijijian 2009 Toronto Taijiquan 2013 Kuala Lumpur Taijiquan 2011 Ankara Taijiquan 2011 Ankara Taijijian 2009 Toronto Taijijian 2016 Warsaw Taijiquan 2016 Warsaw Taijijian 2014 Dujiangyan Taijijian 2014 Dujiangyan Taijiquan Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Taijiquan 2014 Incheon Taijiquan Asian Championships 2012 Vietnam Taijiquan 2008 Macau Taijijian Islamic Solidarity Games 2013 Palembang Taijiquan 2013 Palembang Taijijian Southeast Asian Games 2011 Jakarta-Palembang Taijiquan+Taijijian 2013 Naypyidaw Taijiquan+Taijijian 2015 Singapore Taijiquan 2015 Singapore Taijijian 2017 Kuala Lumpur Taijijian 2009 Vientiane Taijiquan+Taijijian World Junior Championships 2008 Bali Taijiquan 2006 Kuala Lumpur Taijijian

Lindswell, also known as Lindswell Kwok (Chinese: 郭利娟; pinyin: Guō Lìjuān, born 24 September 1991) is a former Indonesian taijiquan athlete. She is one of the most renowned wushu taolu athletes of all time. In 2013, she was named Best Athlete by the Indonesian Olympic Committee, and received the Dharma Sports Medal, the highest sports award in Indonesia.^[1] For her achievements, Indonesian media dubbed her as the "queen of wushu".^[4][5]

Career[]

Junior career[]

Kwok began practicing wushu in 1999, following her brother Iwan.^[6] She won a silver medal in the Indonesian Junior National Competition in 2005 and a gold medal in the following year. In 2006, she competed at the first World Junior Wushu Championships (WJWC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and won the bronze medal in taijijian.^[7] A year later, she debuted at the 2007 World Wushu Championships in Beijing, China, and placed fourth in taijiquan.^[8] She then represented North Sumatra at the 2008 National Games and won a silver medal. Due to her high placement at the world championships from the previous year, she was also able to compete in the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament where she placed sixth in the women's taijiquan combined event.^[9] Also in 2008, she competed at the second World Junior Wushu Championships in Bali, Indonesia, where she won the gold medal in taijiquan.^[10]

2009-2013[]

Lindswell competed at the 2009 World Wushu Championships in Toronto, Canada, and won a gold medal in taijiquan and a bronze medal in taijijian.^[11] In her first event of taijiquan, Lindswell tied Japan's Ai Myaoka with a score of 9.80, but was able to win due to tie-breaking procedures regarding B-score.^[12] In her second event of taijijian, she received a score of 9.74. Shortly after, she then competed in the 2009 Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos, and won the silver medal in the taijiquan and taijijian combined event under Chai Fong Ying.

In 2010 at the first rendition of the World Combat Games in Beijing, China, she won the gold medal in the taijiquan and taijiquan combined event. A few months later, she competed in women’s taijiquan the 2010 Asian Games. During the first round of competition which consisted of taijijian, Lindswell was in a three-way tie for first with Malaysia’s Chai Fong Ying and Japan’s Ai Miyaoka whom all scored 9.67. In the second round of taijiquan, Lindswell received a low score of 9.43 due to some deductions and placed sixth overall in the event with a score of 19.10.

At the 2011 World Wushu Championships in Ankara, Turkey, Lindswell won a silver medal in taijiquan and a bronze medal in taijijian.^[13] A month later, Lindswell competed at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. She won the gold medal in the taijiquan and taijijian combined event with a combined score of 19.47.^[14]

Lindswell's next major appearance was at the 2013 World Games in Cali, Colombia, and won the gold medal in the taijiquan and taijijian combined event. Around two months later, she competed in the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games, and won gold medals in the taijiquan and taijijian events. Half a month later, she competed in the 2013 World Combat Games in St. Petersburg, Russia, and won once again in the taijiquan combined event, thus making her the only wushu athlete to win two gold medals at the World Combat Games. Two weeks later, she competed in the 2013 World Wushu Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and won a gold medal in taijijian and a silver medal in taijiquan.^[15] Around a month later, she competed in the 2013 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore, and won again in the taijiquan and taijijian combined event.

2014-2018[]

In women’s taijiquan at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Lindswell steadily held her second place position during both rounds and thus was able to win the silver medal slightly above Japan’s Ai Uchida and under China’s Yu Mengmeng. Over a month later, she competed in the first rendition of the in Dujiangyang, China, and won a won a gold and a bronze medal in Yang-style taijiquan and taijijian respectively.

The following year, Lindswell first competed at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games held in Singapore. The taijiquan and taijijian events were reformed into two separate events, and Lindswell was able to win gold medals in each event. Four months later at the 2015 World Wushu Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia, she was a double gold medalist in her usual events.^[16]

A year later, Lindswell returned to the World Taijiquan Championships in 2016 which were held in Warsaw, Poland, and she was a double gold medalist in yang style taijiquan and taijijian.^[17]

At the 2017 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, she only competed and won in taijijian, as the taijiquan event was modified to be a compulsory routine event.^[17] At the 2017 World Wushu Championships in Kazan, Russia, despite placing twelfth in the taijijian event, she won the gold medal in taijiquan, her fifth gold medal.^[18][19] With this achievement, she firmly established herself as the most renowned taijiquan athlete at the world championships.

In women’s taijiquan at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, Lindswell established her dominance over the competition and won the gold medal by consistently scoring 9.75 in both of her events.^[20][21] The President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, witnessed her victory and refereed to her as the "queen of Asia."^[22] After her victory, Lindswell announced her formal retirement from competition, citing knee injuries as her main reason.^[6][23]

Personal life[]

Her brother, Iwan Kwok, became a secretary and a coach of the Indonesian Wushu Federation.^[21]

In 2015, Lindswell, originally a practitioner of Buddhism, started studying Islam after watching one of her teammates pray.^[24] After the 2018 Asian Games, she officially converted to Islam and on December 9, 2018, in the absence of her family, she married her former wushu teammate .^[25][26] Their son, Achmad Zubayr, was born on January 10, 2020.^[27]

Awards[]

By the Republic Of Indonesia

• Dharma Sports Medal (2013)

Indonesian Sport Awards

• Favorite Female Athlete (2018)^[28]

See also[]

• List of Asian Games medalists in wushu

References[]

External links[]

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