Ma Lingjuan

Personal information
Born	(1987-02-15) 15 February 1987 (age 37) Chuzhou, Anhui, China
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Sport	Wushu
Event(s)	Changquan, Jianshu, Qiangshu
Team	Anhui Wushu Team (1997–2009) Beijing Wushu Team (2009–2012)
Coached by	Fang Jian
Medal record Women's Wushu Taolu Representing  China Olympic Games (unofficial) 2008 Beijing Jianshu+Qiangshu World Games 2009 Kaohsiung Jianshu+Qiangshu World Championships 2005 Hanoi Qiangshu 2007 Beijing Qiangshu Asian Games 2006 Doha Changquan Asian Championships 2004 Yangoon Qiangshu 2008 Macau Qiangshu

Ma Lingjuan (Chinese: 马灵娟; pinyin: Mǎlíngjuān; born (1987-02-15)February 15, 1987), is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete from Anhui. She is a two-time world champion and Asian champion, and a gold medalist at the 2006 Asian Games, 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament, and the World Games.

Career

Ma started training wushu in 1993 at the age of five. In 1997, she was transferred to the Anhui Provincial Wushu Team.^[1]

Ma's first major international debut was at the 2004 Asian Wushu Championships where she won the gold medal in qiangshu.^[2] She then competed in the 2005 World Wushu Championships in Hanoi, Vietnam where she became the world champion in the same event.^[3][4] A year later, she competed in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, and won the gold medal in the women's changquan all-around event.^[5][6] Almost a year later, she competed in the 2007 World Wushu Championships in Beijing and won once again in qiangshu.^[7][8] This qualified Ma for the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament where she won in the women's jianshu and qiangshu combined event.^[9][10] Her last major international competition was at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, where she won in the same event.^[11] Shortly after, she won the gold medal by 0.01 points in women's jianshu and qiangshu at the 2009 National Games of China in Shandong, thus achieving the "grand slam" of wushu.^[12][13]