Tiếng ViệtVũ Thành An
— The flag bearer
“Don’t wait for a miracle — go and make one.”
From a boy of fifteen to the Olympic piste
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ũ Thành An first picked up a blade at the age of 15. In the years that followed he collected results at home and across the region, before reaching the biggest stage in sport — the Olympic Games.
He was chosen to carry the national flag for Team Vietnam at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the 2018 Asian Games, and two editions of the SEA Games, in 2017 and 2019.
At the opening ceremony of the 31st SEA Games, staged on home soil, he was the athlete chosen to take the competitors’ oath — among the proudest honours of his career.
Milestones worth remembering
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2016Flag bearer for Team Vietnam at the Rio Olympic Games
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2018Flag bearer at the Asian Games
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2017
& 2019Flag bearer at two editions of the SEA Games -
SG 31Took the athletes’ oath at the opening ceremony of the 31st SEA Games — Vietnam
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2015
& 2016Top 10 National Athletes of the Year -
★Top 10 Outstanding Young Citizens of Hanoi
The road was never smooth. But instead of giving up, I chose to change the way I thought, change the way I trained — and keep walking it.
Pushing past his own limits
There were spells when the work simply refused to turn into results. Rather than walk away, Vũ Thành An chose to change his mindset and rebuild his training — and press on.
That persistence — an appetite for difficulty and a constant hunger to compete — is what raised his ceiling a little higher each day. For him, fencing delivers far more than fitness, conditioning and reaction speed; it builds willpower, discipline and composure under pressure.
Every session is another lesson in getting back up after a defeat — and coming back stronger than yesterday.
The “Nonstop” philosophy
After years at the top of the sport and a cabinet full of medals, Vũ Thành An still carries himself like a man who is never finished learning.
At Vietnam Royal Fencing Club, he wants to hand his students more than blade work — he wants to hand them nerve, self-belief and the refusal to quit.
That is the “Nonstop” philosophy — don’t wait for a miracle, go and make one. The club believes the road to becoming strong always begins with never stopping.
Nonstop — don’t wait for a miracle, go and make one.
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