USA WUSHU TAOLU TEAMS (1980s)
Legend
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Asterisks (*) indicate not an officially recognized USA Wushu team
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Carets (^) indicate that team not selected by typical team trials
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Tilde (~) indicates team not listed in final ranking order
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(resigned) indicating withdrawal from a major competition (WWC)
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(substitute) indicating participating in a major competition (WWC)
Additional notes included
1981*^
Donnie Yen
Kenny Perez
Keith Hirabayashi Cooke
Christopher Pei
Warner Lew
Craig Lee
Frank Hinadryl
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Organized by Bow-sim Mark, Anthony Chan, Roger Tung, this was an unofficial team which was created for their students to train with the Jiangsu Wushu Team. Kenny Perez and Donnie Yen were invited to train with the Beijing Wushu Team.
1982*^
Men's Team
Anthony Chan
Keith Hirabyashi Cooke
Charles Ishigawa
Kenny Perez
Robin Shou
Gary Toy
Roger Tung
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Women's Team
Kathy Hasegawa
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Led by team coach James Ibrao, this team participated in the 1st International Friendship Exchange in Nanjing, China.
1985^
Men's Team
Jeffery Falcon
Nick Gracenin
Calvin Jones
Christopher Pei
Hung Stewart
Richard Vechiolla
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Women's Team
Jennifer Hewitt
Hung Stewart
Christine Chi-Ching Yen
Led by Tai Yan and coach Guifeng Zhang, this team competed in the 1st International Invitational Wushu Tournament in Xi'an, China. The USA delegation finished 4th with six bronze medals. Richard Vechiolla won the men’s all-around bronze medal and Christine Yen won the women’s all-around silver medal.
1985* (Los Angeles)^
Men's Team
Chris Ho
Keith Hirabayashi Cooke
Robin Shou
etc.?
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Women's Team
Helen Tsao
Cynthia Rothrock
Kathy Hasegawa
Suzie Hasegawa
etc.?
Organized by Roger Tung, this team was also planing to compete in the 1st International Invitational Wushu Tournament. Upon reaching the US Embassy in China, Tung was surprised to hear that two teams were accidentally formed for the competition. He decided for his team to opt out of the competition and train with the Jiangsu Wushu Team.
1986^
Caesar Britten
Jeffery Falcon
Nick Gracenin
John "Randy" Hegstad
Kenny Perez
Steve Rhodes
Greg Walraven
Philip Wong
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Led by Christopher Pei and Bryant Fong along with coach Guifeng Zhang, this team competed in the 2nd International Invitational Wushu Tournament (also known as the Tianjin Daily Cup) in Tianjin, China. Philip Wong won the silver medal and Nick Gracenin won the bronze medal in the men’s all-around event under Zhao Changjun of China,
1988^
Men's Taolu Team
Jeffery Falcon
Bryant Fong
Andrew Foster
Nick Gracenin
Patrick Kelly
Duck Luu
Kenny Perez
Steve Rhodes
Philip Wong
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Women's Taolu Team
Kathy Lokie
Pat Rice
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Led by Steven Rhodes along with coach Guifeng Zhang, this team competed in the 3rd International Invitational Wushu Tournament which began in Hangzhou, China and transitioned into the sanda portion in Shenzhen.