Lindswell Kwok
![]() Lindswell at the Asian Games 2018 | |
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Nickname(s) | "Queen of Wushu" |
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Born | [1][2] Binjai, Indonesia[3] | 24 September 1991
Occupation | Martial artist, athlete |
Height | 161 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1] |
Weight | 53 kg (117 lb)[1] |
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Country | ![]() |
Sport | Wushu |
Event(s) | Taijiquan, Taijijian |
Team | Indonesia Wushu Team |
Coached by | Zhang Yue Ning[1] |
Retired | 2018 |
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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)
- Favorite Female Athlete (2018)[28]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Lindswell. asiangames2018.id
- ^ Lindswell Kwok. Yayasan Kusuma Wushu Indonesia
- ^ Sang Ratu Wushu Asia Tenggara. Youtube.com
- ^ Diah, Femi (20 August 2018). ""Lindswell Si Ratu Wushu"". detikSport (in Indonesian). Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ Careem, Nazvi (2018-08-15). "Asian Games 2018: ethnic Chinese wushu glamour girl Lindswell Kwok is Indonesia's golden hope". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Raya, Mercy (20 August 2018). ""Lindswell Kwok Pensiun Usai Persembahkan Emas Asian Games 2018"" ["Lindswell Kwok Retires After Winning Gold in the 2018 Asian Games"]. detikSport (in Indonesian). Jakarta. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ ""The 1st World Junior Wushu Championships"" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2006-08-26. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ "9th World Wushu Championships, 2007, Beijing, China, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2007-11-12. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ "C14AN_Two Events Combined Results_Women's Taijiquan & Taijijian". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. 2008-08-23. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ "2nd World Junior Wushu Championships" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2008-12-13. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ "10th World Wushu Championships, 2009, Toronto, Canada, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ "Rules of Taolu" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2005. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
- ^ "11th World Wushu Championships, 2011, Ankara, Turkey, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2011-10-14. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ "Result List - Wushu - Female Taijiquan + Taijijian". 2011 Southeast Asian Games Official Website. 2011-11-19. Archived from the original on 2011-11-22. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
- ^ "12th World Wushu Championships, 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ "13th World Wushu Championships, 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Kosasih, Risa (2017-08-22). "Lindswell Kwok, Ratu Wushu di SEA Games 2017 dari Indonesia" [Lindswell Kwok, Queen of Wushu at the 2017 SEA Games in Indonesia]. Liputan 6 (in Indonesian). Kuala Lumpur. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ "14th World Wushu Championships, 2017, Kazan, Russia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ Song, Lifang (2021-10-13). "Indonesia to send more wushu athletes to Asiad". Xinhua News Agency. Jakarta. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ Saputra, Ramadani (2018-08-20). "Asian Games: Lindswell wins gold in her last performance". The Jakarta Post. Jakarta. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Indonesian Wushu Champion thanks Chinese coach". China Daily. 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ Sheany, Sheany; Ganesha, Amal (2018-08-21). "Women Athletes Lead in Indonesian Team's Medal Count at 2018 Asian Games". Jakarta Globe. Jakarta. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ ""Cedera Kaki, Lindswell Kwok Pensiun Seusai Persembahkan Emas dari Cabor Wushu"" [With a leg injury, Lindswell Kwok retires after winning gold in Wushu]. Tribun Jakarta (in Indonesian). Jakarta. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ Pratama, Andika (2021-01-22). "Perjalanan Lindswell Kwok untuk Menemukan Islam" [Lindswell Kwok's Journey to Finding Islam]. Okezone Sports (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ Raya, Mercy (10 December 2018). ""Pernikahan Tanpa Keluarga Lindswell, Adik Hulaefi Beri Penjelasan"" ["Lindswell's Familyless Marriage, Hulaefi's Brother Gives An Explanation"]. detikSport (in Indonesian). Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ Diah, Femi (3 December 2018). ""Ratu Wushu Peraih Emas Asian Games 2018 Lindswell Berhijab"" ["Queen of Wushu, 2018 Asian Games Gold Winner, Lindswell Hijab"]. detikSport (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ "Resmi Jadi Ibu, 10 Potret Lindswell Kwok Sejak Hamil hingga Melahirkan" [Officially Becoming Mother, 10 Portraits of Lindswell Kwok From Pregnancy to Childbirth]. IDN Times (in Indonesian). 2020-01-10. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ Arifin, Yanu (2018-11-23). "Inilah Daftar Terfavorit Indonesian Sport Awards 2018" [This is the Favorite List of the 2018 Indonesian Sport Awards]. Detik Sports (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
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