Zhu Linfang

Zhu Linfang (simplified Chinese: 祝林芳; traditional Chinese: 祝林芳; Ping yin: Zhu Lin Fang, born September 25, 1982 in Henan, China), is an international referee for the World Taekwondo Federal, 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. Unfortunately, Zhu missed the Sydney Olimpic Games in 2000 because of her injury in the ankle ligament. However, in 2000-2004, she successively achieved world champion 4 times, and 3 times was awarded “Female Best Player” in the World Military Taekwondo Championships.

After retirement from her athlete career, Zhu Linfang started her current job as a college teacher in China since 2008 and 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 (2015 Chelyabinsk), World Taekwondo Grand Prix (2014 Manchester, 2015 Samsun and 2016 Suzhou), the World Cadet Taekwondo Championships (2015 Muju), the World Junior Taekwondo Championships (2016 Burnaby), the Military World Games (2015 Mungyeong), the Military Taekwondo Championships (2014 Tehran), 2011 Summer Universiade (Shenzhen), the World University Taekwondo Championship (2010 Vigo, 2014 Hohhot), East Asian Games (2013 Tianjin), the Korea Open International Taekwondo Championships (2015 Chuncheon and 2016 Gyeongju) and the U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships (2016 Reno), 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.