Lindswell Kwok

Lindswell, also known as Lindswell Kwok (Chinese: 郭利娟; pinyin: Guō Lìjuān, born 24 September 1991) is a former Indonesian wushu practitioner in the taijiquan and taijijian numbers. 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]

Lindswell

Lindswell at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
Nationality	Indonesia
Born	(1991-09-24) 24 September 1991[1][2] Binjai, Indonesia[3]
Alma mater	University of North Sumatra
Height	161 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Wushu
Coached by	Zhang Yue Ning[1]
Medal record Representing  Indonesia 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 Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Taijiquan 2014 Incheon Taijiquan 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

Career

Kwok took up wushu in 1999, following her brother Iwan. She won silver medal in Junior National Competition 2005 and gold medal in the following year. She later competed in the first World Junior Wushu Championships (WJWC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and won bronze medal in taijijian.[4]

She represented North Sumatra in 2008 National Games and won silver medal. Also in 2008, she represented Indonesia in World Junior Wushu Championships in Bali where she won gold medal in taijiquan.[5]

Between 2009 and 2018 she won nine medals at the world championships, including five gold medals. She also won a gold and a silver medal on taijiquan at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games, respectively.

She retired from competitions after the 2018 Asian Games, citing knee injuries as her reason.[6][7]

For her achievements, Indonesian media dubbed her as "the queen of wushu".[8]

Personal life

Her brother, Iwan Kwok, is one of Indonesian Wushu Association's official. She graduated from the University of North Sumatra.[9]

On 9 December 2018, in the absence of her family, she married her former wushu teammate Achmad Hulaefi.[10] She has converted to Islam in advance.[11] Their son, Achmad Zubayr, was born in January 2020.

References

1. Lindswell. asiangames2018.id
2. Lindswell Kwok. Yayasan Kusuma Wushu Indonesia
3. Sang Ratu Wushu Asia Tenggara. Youtube.com
4. ""The 1st World Junior Wushu Championships"" (PDF).
5. ""The 2nd World Junior Wushu Championships"" (PDF).
6. Raya, Mercy (20 August 2018). ""Lindswell Kwok Pensiun Usai Persembahkan Emas Asian Games 2018"". detikSport (in Indonesian).
7. ""Cedera Kaki, Lindswell Kwok Pensiun Seusai Persembahkan Emas dari Cabor Wushu"". Tribun Jakarta (in Indonesian). 20 August 2018.
8. Diah, Femi (20 August 2018). ""Lindswell Si Ratu Wushu"". detikSport (in Indonesian). Retrieved 5 December 2018.
9. ""Si Ratu Wushu Asia, Anak Medan yang Merupakan Lulusan USU"". Benteng Times (in Indonesian). 22 August 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
10. Raya, Mercy (10 December 2018). ""Pernikahan Tanpa Keluarga Lindswell, Adik Hulaefi Beri Penjelasan"". detikSport (in Indonesian). Retrieved 12 December 2018.
11. Diah, Femi (3 December 2018). ""Ratu Wushu Peraih Emas Asian Games 2018 Lindswell Berhijab"". detikSport (in Indonesian). Retrieved 5 December 2018.