The World Junior Wushu Championships (WJWC) is an international Wushu competition held every two years by the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) for competitors under the age of 18.
Over the years, Wayland Li Martial Arts Centre has successfully placed its students on the Canadian National Wushu Team and participated in the WJWC.
2022 - 8th World Junior Wushu Championships
Congratulations to the success of all 12 athletes from Team Canada, including 8 from Wayland Li Wushu, that participated in the 8th World Junior Wushu Championships!
Dates: December 3rd to 11th, 2022
Location: Tangerang, Indonesia
Key achievements:
8 athletes from Wayland Li represented Canada on the National Wushu Team in taolu competition
Gold medal 🥇in Group B Gunshu, Silver medal 🥈in Group B Changquan and Bronze medal 🥉in Group B Daoshu for Lia Tang-Ruggiero
Bronze medal 🥉in Group C Daoshu for Venus Li
Bronze medal 🥉in Group C Gunshu for Sophia Liao
Caleb Akai, Amanda Sun, Chris Gao, Allen Liu and Marcus Li finishing with top 10 or better placements in their respective divisions
Congrats to all of the Canadian athletes - you are all winners and represented Canada proudly!
And a special congratulations to Shifu Li and Coach Erica for your dedication and leadership - without you, these accomplishments would not be possible.
Jia you!
Canadian National JUNIOR Wushu Team, 2022
Group A
Virginia Cai
Kiyan Leung
Caleb Akai *
Andrew Compton
Group B
Lia Tang-Ruggiero *
Amanda Sun *
Allen Liu *
Chris Gao *
Group C
Venus Li *
Sophia Liao *
Marcus Li *
Junchen Yang
* Denotes Wayland Li athlete
Results for Wayland Li Athletes at the 8th World Junior Wushu Championships
Group B Female - Gunshu
Lia Tang-Ruggiero, Gold medal🥇, 9.123
Group B Female - Changquan
Lia Tang-Ruggiero, Silver medal🥈, 9.130
Amanda Sun, 16th place, 8.250
Group B Female - Daoshu
Lia Tang-Ruggiero, Bronze medal 🥉, 9.093
Group B Female - Jianshu
Amanda Sun, 5th place, 8.696
Group B Female - Qiangshu
Amanda Sun, 6th place, 8.630
Group B Male - Changquan
Chris Chengrui Gao, 14th place, 8.790
Allen Liu, 16th place, 8.610
Group B Male - Daoshu
Allen Liu, 7th, Score: 8.80
Group B Male - Gunshu
Allen Liu, 8th, Score: 8.783
Group B Male - Jianshu
Chris Chengrui Gao, 6th, Score: 8.70
Group B Male - Qiangshu
Chris Chengrui Gao, 6th, Score: 8.856
Group C Female - Daoshu
Venus Li, Bronze medal 🥉, Score: 8.690
Group C Female - Changquan
Venus Li, 4th place, 9.030
Sophia Liao, 15th place, 8.870
Group C Female - Gunshu
Sophia Liao, Bronze medal 🥉, Score: 8.593
Group C Male - Changquan
Marcus Li, 12th place, 8.633
Group C Male - Gunshu
Marcus Li, 5th place, 8.633
Group A Male - Changquan
Caleb Akai, 19th place, 8.750
Group A Male - Daoshu
Caleb Akai, 17th place, 8.503
Group A Male - Gunshu
Caleb Akai, 19th place, 8.426
Lia Tang-Ruggiero, Group B
Venus Li, Group C
Sophia Liao, Group C
Allen Liu, Group B
Amanda Sun, Group B
Chris Chengrui Gao
Marcus Li, Group C
