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Abbreviation | IWUF | ||||||
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Formation | October 3, 1990 Beijing | ||||||
Type | Sports association | ||||||
Legal status | Federation | ||||||
Purpose | Development of wushu worldwide | ||||||
Headquarters | Lausanne, Switzerland Beijing, China[1] | ||||||
Region served | International | ||||||
Membership | 155 nations | ||||||
Official language | Chinese and English | ||||||
President | Gao Zhidan | ||||||
Main organ | IWUF Congress | ||||||
Website | www.iwuf.org | ||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 国际武术联合会 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 國際武術聯合會 | ||||||
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The International Wushu Federation (IWUF) is an international sport organization and is the governing body for wushu in all its forms worldwide. The IWUF is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and is also a member of the ARISF, GAISF, FISU, IWGA, and the ISF.