# Jowen Lim

Jowen Lim Si Wei (Chinese: 林思韦; pinyin: Lin Siwei; born: January 6, 1999) is a Singaporean wushu taolu athlete.

## Career
### Junior

Lim started practicing wushu at the age of six. Between 2010 and 2014 he made three appearances at the World Junior Wushu Championships and became a two-time world junior champion. Lim also competed twice at the Asian Junior Wushu Championships and is a one-time Asian junior champion.

### Senior

Lim competed in the 2016 Asian Wushu Championships in Taoyuan and was a silver medalist in daoshu and a bronze medalist in duilian. A year later, he competed in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games and was a double gold medalist. The same year, he competed in the 2017 World Wushu Championships and won the bronze medal in daoshu. A year later, he competed in the men's daoshu and gunshu combined event at the 2018 Asian Games and missed the bronze medal by 0.01. The following year, he was a double bronze medalist in daoshu and gunshu at the 2019 World Wushu Championships. Shortly thereafter, he won a silver medal in daoshu and gunshu combined at the 2019 SEA Games.
Lim's first major competition after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic was at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games (hosted in 2022), where he won silver medals in changquan as well as daoshu and gunshu combined. A few months later, he competed in the 2022 World Games and won the silver medal in daoshu and gunshu combined. The following year, he won a gold medal in daoshu and gunshu combined along with a silver medal in changquan at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games. Lim was then chosen alongside fencer Amita Berthier as the flagbearers for the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China, and then won the silver medal in men's daoshu and gunshu at the event. Shortly after, he won the bronze medal in the same event at the 2023 World Combat Games. At the 2023 World Wushu Championships, Lim became the world champion in gunshu and won a silver medal in daoshu. The following year, he competed at the 2024 Asian Wushu Championships and won the silver medal in gunshu. He then won a silver medal in daoshu at the 2024 Taolu World Cup.

## Competitive history

| Year | Event | CQ | DS | GS | AA | GRP |
| Junior |||||||
| 2010 | World Junior Championships | | | | | |
| 2011 | Asian Junior Championships | | | | | |
| 2012 | World Junior Championships | | | | | |
| 2013 | Asian Junior Championships | | | | | |
| 2014 | World Junior Championships | | | | | |
| Senior |||||||
| 2016 | Asian Championships | | | | | |
| 2017 | Southeast Asian Games | | ? | ? | | |
| 2017 | World Championships | 6 | | 17 | | DNS |
| 2018 | Asian Games | | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2019 | World Championships | 20 | | | | |
| 2019 | Southeast Asian Games | 4 | ? | ? | | |
| 2020 | Did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic | Did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic | Did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic | Did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic | Did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic | Did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic | Did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic | Did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic | Did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic | Did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic | Did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2022 | Southeast Asian Games | | 3 | 2 | | |
| 2022 | World Games | | 2 | 2 | | |
| 2023 | Southeast Asian Games | | 1 | 1 | | |
| 2023 | Asian Games | | 3 | 2 | | |
| 2023 | World Combat Games | | 2 | 3 | | |
| 2023 | World Championships | 23 | | | | |
| 2024 | Asian Championships | 14 | 12 | | | |
| 2024 | World Cup | | | 8 | | |