Adriano Lourenço
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| Born | October 6, 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Martial artist, athlete, coach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wushu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Nanquan, Nandao, Nangun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Brazil Wushu Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Adriano Lourenço da Silva (born October 6, 1986) is a retired wushu taolu athlete from Brazil. He is the most renowned athlete at the Pan American Wushu Championships of all time, having been a 12-time champion.
Career
Lourenço grew up in a favela and started learning traditional Southern styles at the age of seven.[1] After learning some kickboxing and capoeira, he started training wushu in 2003 under Thomaz Chan Hon Kit.[2]
Lourenço made his international debut at the 2007 World Wushu Championships.[3] As a wildcard, he competed in the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament and finished 9th in men's nanquan and nangun combined.[4][5] The same year, he competed in the 2008 Pan American Wushu Championships and was the Pan American champion in nandao, a gold medalist in duilian, silver medalist in nangun, and bronze medalist in nanquan.[6] Two years later at the 2010 Pan American Wushu Championships, he became the Pan American champion in nangun, and a silver medalist in nanquan and nandao.[7] In the 2012, 2014 Pan American Wushu Championships, and 2016 Pan American Wushu Championships, he was a triple Pan American champion in all of his events.[8][9] Lourenço's last competition was at the 2017 World Wushu Championships where he finished in-between 24th-26th in his events.[10]
References
- ^ Sugiyama, Brandon (2017-10-30). "Interview with Adriano Lourenco Da Silva". Jiayo Worldwide News and Media. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ "BRA_SILVA Adriano Lourenco". results.beijing2008.cn. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ "9th World Wushu Championships, 2007, Beijing, China, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2007-11-17. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-10-24.
- ^ "Two Events Combined Results, Wushu Taolu, Men's Nanquan & Nangun Combined". The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games. 2008-08-22. Archived from the original on 2008-09-09. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ^ "Nanquan & Nangun, Men". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2021-02-13.
- ^ "7th Panamerican Wushu Championships". Confederação Brasileira de Kungfu Wushu. Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ^ "8th Pan American Wushu Championships Argentina 2010". wushuteam.com.ar. 2010-10-14. Archived from the original on 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
- ^ "10 Campeonato Pan americano de Wushu Resultados Oficiais" (PDF). Confederação Brasileira de Kungfu Wushu. 2014. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- ^ "11 Campeonato Pan americano de Wushu Resultados Oficiais" (PDF). Confederação Brasileira de Kungfu Wushu. 2016. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
- ^ "14th World Wushu Championships, 2017, Kazan, Russia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2017-10-03. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-11-28.