For most of his career, Wang was a changquan athlete who also practiced jianshu and qiangshu. He made his international debut at the 1999 World Wushu Championships in Hong Kong and won the silver medal in jianshu. He then appeared at the 2001 Southeast Asian Games where he impressively won a gold and a bronze medal. In 2003, he won the bronze medal in qiangshu at the 2003 World Wushu Championships, and was a double gold medalist at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games. He extended his championship titles in the jianshu and qiangshu events once again at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games. A few days later, he competed at the 2005 World Wushu Championships but did not place.