Zhu Linfang


Zhu Linfang, is an international referee for World Taekwondo, a former taekwondo athlete and world military champion.
Zhu Linfang claimed her first title in the First College Taekwondo Classic of China in 1998, the very first tournament in her taekwondo career. In May 1999, she won another title in the National Taekwondo Championships of China in the Women's under 51 kg competition. Zhu missed the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000 because of an injury to her ankle ligament. However, in 2000–2004, she successively achieved world champion four times, and three times was awarded “Female Best Player” in the World Military Taekwondo Championships.
After retiring from her athletic career, Zhu Linfang started her current job as a college teacher in China since 2008 and as an international referee since 2009. As one of a few active international referees from China, Zhu has refereed in a series of international tournaments, including the World Taekwondo Championships, World Taekwondo Grand Prix, the World Cadet Taekwondo Championships, the World Junior Taekwondo Championships, the Military World Games, the Military Taekwondo Championships, 2011 Summer Universiade, the World University Taekwondo Championship, East Asian Games, the Korea Open International Taekwondo Championships and the U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships, etc.
Zhu Linfang became a public figure in China since she devoted herself to the promotion of junior taekwondo in China. She coaches junior taekwondo clubs in Guangzhou, China and was recently served as an invited judge for the Guangzhou Junior Talents Competition held by IFENG.COM.

Achievements

World Military Championships

  • 2000 Seoul, 51 kg
  • 2001 Woensdrecht, 51 kg
  • 2003 Zagreb, 55 kg
  • 2004 Warendorf, 55 kg

National Championships