Châu Tuyết Vân

Châu Tuyết Vân (born 11 October 1990) is a Vietnamese athlete and Taekwondo practitioner. She is a member of the Vietnamese Taekwondo national team, with a record of 6 consecutive gold medals at the SEA Games, 5 consecutive gold medals at the World Championships, 2 consecutive gold medals at the Asian Games, and 1 Gold Medal at the Southeast Asian Games in the synchronized poomsae event. She achieved the sixth-degree black belt certification in 2018 at the age of 28.

Biography Châu Tuyết Vân was born in 1990 and grew up in Ho Chi Minh City with her family. She started practicing Taekwondo at the age of 7. Due to her strong foundation, she was called up to the national team in 2009 to participate in the 25th SEA Games in Laos. In her debut appearance, she and her teammates won a bronze medal, marking her first international medal in her career.

Career 2013 At the World Poomsae Taekwondo Championships in 2013, three Vietnamese girls, including Châu Tuyết Vân, won two gold medals in the team poomsae and creative poomsae events. Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim, Nguyễn Thị Thu Ngân, and Châu Tuyết Vân were the first female athletes to win gold medals for Vietnam in Taekwondo at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games.

2014 In 2014, Châu Tuyết Vân, together with Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim and Nguyen Thuy Xuan Linh, won the gold medal in the team poomsae event at the World Poomsae Taekwondo Championships. She also participated in the Youth Championship and the Southeast Asian Championship, winning two gold medals in the under-30 women's team event and the 5-member creative poomsae event.

2015 At the 2015 SEA Games in Singapore, Châu Tuyết Vân, Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim, and Nguyen Thuy Xuan Linh won the gold medal in the women's team poomsae event.

2016 In 2016, at the World Poomsae Taekwondo Championships, Vietnam won a silver medal in the under-30 women's standard team event on the first day of competition, thanks to the contributions of Châu Tuyết Vân, Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim, and Lien Thi Tuyet Mai. On the second day, Vietnam won two silver medals and one bronze medal. In the under-17 creative poomsae team event, Châu Tuyết Vân, Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim, Hứa Văn Huy, Nguyen Thien Phung, and Le Thanh Trung won the silver medal.

2017 In August and September 2017, the Vietnamese Taekwondo poomsae team participated in three consecutive tournaments and achieved success in all of them. In the women's team poomsae event, Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim, Châu Tuyết Vân, and Nguyen Thi Tuyet Mai won 3 gold medals at the 2017 SEA Games and the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. At the 2017 SEA Games, Châu Tuyết Vân, Lien Thi Tuyet Mai, and Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim successfully defended their gold medal in the women's team poomsae event.

2018 The following year, Vietnam won its first gold medal in the women's team poomsae event under 30 years old. Three athletes, Ngo Thi Thuy Dung, Lien Thi Tuyet Mai, and Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim, performed well to score 8.210 points.

2019 Hứa Văn Huy and Châu Tuyết Vân won silver medals at the 2019 Chungju World Martial Arts Masterships

Châu Tuyết Vân, competed along with Tran Ho Duy, Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim, Hứa Văn Huy, Nguyen Ngoc Minh Hy in the category of Taekwondo, Synchronized Creative Poomsae. They won a gold medal at the 2019 SEA Games.

2022 They participated in a performance with five athletes (3 males: Hứa Văn Huy, Nguyen Ngoc Minh Hy, and Tran Dang Khoa; 2 females: Châu Tuyết Vân, Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim). With high-level techniques such as spinning kicks and aerial moves, they scored 7.799 points. They won a gold medal at the 2021 SEA Games.

2023 Châu Tuyết Vân, Hứa Văn Huy, Le Ngoc Han, Nguyen Thi Y Binh, and Tran Dang Khoa competed in the mixed gender creative poomsae event at the 2023 US Open Taekwondo Championship and won a gold medal. Châu Tuyết Vân also won a gold medal in the individual poomsae event for women.

On 12 May 2023, in the finals of the synchronized creative poomsae event, Nguyen Ngoc Minh Hy, Nguyen Thi Mong Quynh, Hứa Văn Huy, Châu Tuyết Vân, and Tran Dang Khoa won a gold medal at the 32nd SEA Games.

2024 On 15 May 2024, Châu Tuyết Vân, Liên Thị Tuyết Mai, and Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim won the gold medal in the women's team T30 standard poomsae event at the 2024 Asian Taekwondo Poomsae Championships.

Châu Tuyết Vân, Nguyễn Thị Lệ Kim, and Liên Thị Tuyết Mai won the gold medal in the women's team standard poomsae event in the senior division at the 2024 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, held in Hong Kong.

On the afternoon of 3 December 2024, Châu Tuyết Vân won her second gold medal at the 2024 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Hong Kong.

On 20 September 2024, Châu Tuyết Vân takes part in a reality show .

2026 On 6 March 2026, Châu Tuyết Vân won the gold medal in the Women’s Under-40 Individual Recognized Poomsae event at the 2026 U.S. Open, held in Las Vegas. She also earned a bronze medal in the Over-17 Mixed Pair Freestyle Poomsae event.

Châu Tuyết Vân won the silver medal in the women's U40 individual standard poomsae event at the Asian Taekwondo Championships.

Châu Tuyết Vân and her teammates won the silver medal at the 2026 World Taekwondo Demonstration and Breaking Championships.

Notable achievements Sports +Sporting achievements of Châu Tuyết Vân Year Competition Venue Achievement Source 2010 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships Tashkent 2011 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships Russia 2011 2011 SEA Games Indonesia 2012 Asian Taekwondo Championships South Korea 2012 World Military Taekwondo Championships Vietnam 2012 Asian University Taekwondo Championships Vietnam 2013 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships Indonesia 2013 2013 SEA Games Myanmar 2014 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships Vietnam 2015 2015 SEA Games Singapore 2017 2017 SEA Games Malaysia 2017 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Japan 2019 2019 SEA Games Philippines 2019 2019 Chungju World Martial Arts Masterships South Korea 2021 National Taekwondo Club Championships Vietnam 2022 2021 SEA Games Vietnam 2023 U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships United States 2023 2023 SEA Games Cambodia 2024 Asian Taekwondo Championships Vietnam 2026 U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships United States Labour Order Third Class (2008) Outstanding Young Citizen of Ho Chi Minh City in 2013. Labour Order Third Class (2023) Labour Order First Class (2025)

Family Her two younger sisters are Châu Ngọc Giàu, who initially also practiced Taekwondo but did not pursue it throughout her career and now works as an office staff member at the Ho Chi Minh City Taekwondo Federation, where she is responsible for photography and media coverage of the teams' training and competitions. Her youngest sister, Châu Ngọc Tuyết Sang, born in 2005, currently holds a third-degree black belt and is considered a potential successor to her sister's title as the "hot girl of the martial arts world".

Candidacy for the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council Taekwondo athlete Châu Tuyết Vân ran for election to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council for the 2021–2026 term.

University lecturer According to Hoa Sen University, Châu Tuyết Vân signed a teaching contract with the university and serves as a lecturer responsible for teaching Taekwondo.