Zuo Wenjing (born 6 November 1993) is a Chinese xiangqi player. She won the women's individual title at the 2022 World Xiangqi Championship and, at the 2022 Asian Games, gold in both the women's individual and mixed team events.
Early life Zuo Wenjing was born on 6 November 1993. She has achondroplasia, diagnosed in early childhood, and is 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in) tall. In 2004 she was recruited by grandmaster into the Hubei provincial team and became his disciple.
Career In 2006, aged 13, Zuo Wenjing won the national first-class player tournament in Beijing and became the youngest Chinese xiangqi master of the time.
She has been a leading competitor at the National Mind Sports Games, winning the women's team title and an individual rapid silver at the first Games in 2009, the women's youth individual title at the second Games in 2011 (with five wins and two draws), the women's rapid title at the third Games, an individual silver at the fourth Games, and the professional women's individual title at the fifth Games in 2023.
In October 2022 she won the women's individual event at the World Xiangqi Championship in Kuching, Malaysia, with a record of six wins and one draw, becoming world champion.
At the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou she won two gold medals: the mixed team event on 1 October, as a member of the Chinese team, and the women's individual event on 7 October, defeating Wang Linna in the final. Her coach is the grandmaster , and in 2023 she joined the Shenzhen Chaoxiang women's team for the National Women's Xiangqi League.
Personal life A fan of the NBA player Kevin Garnett, Zuo plays basketball recreationally.
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