
BIGRAPHY

Yinglong999 is an American retired competitive wushu taolu practitioner, wushu historian, Wikipedian, and YouTuber. Having begun wushu history research in 2020, he is one of the most prominent wushu media individuals of all time.
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As of 2025, Yinglong has created over 190 pages on English Wikipedia related to wushu, and has made over 6,500 edits in total to various versions of the site. He is the only Wikipedian to have standardized the formatting of wushu articles on Wikipedia, and only to have worked on wushu articles to be featured in the "Did-You-Know?" section of the main page. He has created numerous articles about important competitions and athletes, improved several preexisting articles, and documented a significant portion of wushu history. His articles have gained great acclaim and endorsement from figures including Sun Peiyuan and Wong Weng Son.
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As a YouTuber, Yinglong created his channel in late 2023. He has covered numerous performances from competitions throughout the history of wushu, featuring old prominent athletes and modern rising figures. He has also published several videos related to wushu history. As of 2025, he holds over 880 subscribers.
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Other projects have included the uswushuteam.com which documents the entire US Wushu Team history, the Collegiate Wushu Wiki, and various documents and playlists related to the archiving of wushu history. He has been invited by collegiate wushu clubs to give presentations on wushu history.
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In real life, Yinglong regularly practiced wushu as a kid and teenager, having been a gold medalist of competitions including the National Collegiate Wushu Tournament, Golden State International Wushu Championships, CMAT UC Berkeley, Los Angeles International Wushu Tournament, and several other events. he was a two-time USAWKF National Traditional Team member, competed in the 6th World Traditional Wushu Championships, and additionally qualified for (but did not attend) the 7th World Kungfu Championships, 11th Pan American Wushu Championships, and 2nd Pan American Kungfu Championships. He officially retired from competitive wushu in 2021.