Nguyễn Phương Lan
{{Short description|Vietnamese wushu practitioner}}
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| birth_place = Hanoi, Vietnam
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| event = Nanquan
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{{MedalSport|Women's Wushu Taolu}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalGold| 1999 Hong Kong | Nangun }}
{{MedalSilver| 1995 Baltimore | Nanquan }}
{{MedalSilver| 1997 Rome | Jianshu }}
{{MedalSilver| 1999 Hong Kong | Nandao }}
{{MedalSilver| 2001 Yerevan | Nanquan }}
{{MedalSilver| 2001 Yerevan | Nangun }}
{{MedalBronze| 1995 Baltimore | Daoshu }}
{{MedalBronze| 1997 Rome | Nanquan }}
{{MedalBronze| 1997 Rome | Qiangshu }}
{{MedalBronze| 1999 Hong Kong | Nanquan }}
{{MedalBronze| 2001 Yerevan | Nandao }}
{{MedalCompetition | Asian Championships }}
{{MedalGold| 2000 Hanoi | All-around (NQ) }}
{{MedalGold| 2000 Hanoi | Nandao }}
{{MedalGold| 2000 Hanoi | Nangun }}
{{MedalSilver| 2000 Hanoi | Nanquan }}
{{MedalCompetition | Southeast Asian Games }}
{{MedalGold | 1997 Kuala Lumpur | Nanquan }}
{{MedalGold | 2001 Kuala Lumpur | Nandao+Nangun }}
{{MedalGold | 2003 Hanoi | Nangun }}
{{MedalSilver | 1997 Jakarta | Qiangshu }}
{{MedalBronze | 1993 Singapore | Jianshu }}
{{MedalBronze | 2001 Kuala Lumpur | Nanquan }}
{{MedalBronze | 2003 Hanoi | Nanquan }}
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}}Nguyễn Phương Lan is a former wushu taolu athlete from Vietnam. She was among the first generation of renowned athletes from Vietnam, having achieved numerous victories in domestic competitions.
Career
Nguyễn was a competitive swimmer in her youth, and later started practicing shaolinquan for a year in 1991. The following year, she was selected by the Hanoi Department of Physical Education to join the first wushu class in Vietnam despite being married and a factory worker.
= Competitive career =
Nguyễn made her international debut at the 1993 Southeast Asian Games where she won a bronze medal in jianshu. Two years later, she competed in the 1995 World Wushu Championships and won a silver medal in jianshu and a bronze medal in daoshu.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=1995 World Wushu Championships Results|url=http://www.iwuf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/3rd-World-Wushu-Championships-1995-Baltimopre-USA-Results.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-09-11|website=International Wushu Federation}} Wushu was later re-introduced in the 1997 Southeast Asian Games and Nguyễn won the gold medal in nanquan and a silver medal in qiangshu. Shortly after, she was a triple medalist at the 1997 World Wushu Championships, winning a silver medal in jianshu and two bronze medals in nanquan and qiangshu.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=1997 World Wushu Championships Results|url=http://www.iwuf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/4th-World-Wushu-Championships-1997-Rome-Italy-Results.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-09-11|website=International Wushu Federation}} Two years later, she was the first world champion in nangun and won a silver medal in nandao and bronze medal in nanquan at the 1999 World Wushu Championships.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=World Wushu Championships 1999 Results|url=http://www.iwuf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/5th-World-Wushu-Championshhips-1999-Hong-Kong-China-Results.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-09-11|website=International Wushu Federation}} A year later at the 2000 Asian Wushu Championships, she won gold medals in nandao and nangun as well as a silver medal in nanquan and won the all-around championship for female nanquan.{{Cite web|date=2 May 2002|title=5th Asian Wushu Championships held in Hanoi, Vietnam|trans-title=第５回アジア武術選手権大会、ベトナム・ハノイで開催|url=https://www.jwtf.or.jp/event/event0205-00.html|access-date=2021-09-11|website=Japan Wushu Taijiquan Federation|language=ja}} A year later at the 2001 Southeast Asian Games, Nguyễn won a gold medal in nandao and nangun combined and a bronze medal in nanquan. Her last competition was at the 2001 World Wushu Championships, where she won two silver medals in nanquan and nangun and a bronze medal in nandao.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=World Wushu Championships 2001 Results|url=http://www.iwuf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/6th-World-Wushu-Championships-2001-Yerevan-Armenia-Results.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-09-11|website=International Wushu Federation}}
= Coaching career =
In 2003, Nguyễn became the coach of the Vietnam National Youth Wushu Team. In 2007, she became the national team coach.
Awards
- Labor Order, 2nd class (2001)
References
{{Footer World Champions Women's Nangun}}
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Category:Vietnamese wushu practitioners
Category:Martial artists from Hanoi
Category:SEA Games gold medalists for Vietnam
Category:SEA Games silver medalists for Vietnam
Category:SEA Games bronze medalists for Vietnam
Category:Wushu practitioners at the 1994 Asian Games